This article could be titled "How to use Photoshop to draw interfaces". I've been looking for a true alternative to Photoshop. Sketch looks neat but requires M

This article could be titled "How to use Photoshop to draw interfaces". I've been looking for a true alternative to Photoshop. Sketch looks neat but requires Mac OS 10.7 at least (my iMac is stuck at 10.6, my MBA isn't suited for graphic design) and seems to suffer from numerous bugs. Macaw looks promising but is too much focused on code. And Fireworks is discontinued. I use Illustrator from time to time, but only for assets: icon fonts, logos, or print-quality jobs. It's not suited for layouts: there's no grid, it's difficult to export background images, you need to calculate a lot even for simple adjustments... Photoshop actually carries interesting vector capbilities, which I use for example to design icons that are both infinitely scalable and pixel-perfect (start small, expand appropriately). Why is Photoshop still considered the n°1 web design tool? - Web designers are mostly graphic designers first: they focus on the UI, and don't know or care about the UX. They want to create Dribbble shots, not experiences. - The community and online resources are huge, from simple forum signature tutorials to advanced realistic drawing techniques. - Air-brushed billboard model? Funny image manipulation? Fake celebrity picture? Done with Photoshop. Everyone knows about it. It's even a verb. - Eye-candy sells. Clients don't care about how their website will perform. They care about the "Wow!" effect. It's something they can have an opinion on. And it's not in the web designer's interest to point out this fallacy. I guess the article's purpose can be summarized by its last paragraph, where it displays the drawing of an eye, made with only one Photoshop layer. What's the purpose of this self-imposed constraint? The answer lies in the appended link's destination: a Dribbble shot. You can design interfaces in Photoshop, but most people (including me probably) only draw interfaces.