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Except in many cases you can't make layout decisions without also considering fonts and visual style. This is why Photoshop and Illustrator are still the best
by sgdesign 14y ago
Except in many cases you can't make layout decisions without also considering fonts and visual style.
This is why Photoshop and Illustrator are still the best tools for web design: they enable relatively quick wireframing, but also give you the possibility of increasing the level of polish within the same document.
If a new alternative is to appear, it will need to provide at least support for realistic grids, typography, and basic CSS styles, not just empty boxes and Comic Sans.
- systemtrigger 14y agoCompletely agree - to which I would add the new alternative you speak of has already arrived: Google Chrome. I can design an entire page in Chrome without ever a need to refresh. Grids, typography, CSS - not to mention JavaScript, images and video - done faster and better in Chrome than I could dream for coming from Adobe. Specialized image editors like the Adobe set are properly relegated to "the cast," support roles at best. The article's screencaps are a testament to the huge recent improvements for designers within the medium itself, the browser.
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- hilko 14y agoIt'll be a while before most designers can comfortably use Chrome though...