Comments on: 5 Tell Tale Signs You Don’t Know How to Design

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By: kaiser

kaiser — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:01:46 +0000

thanks for the fifth point: psd-files … that´s one thing i really don´t get. you can save your complete template in only one! psd-file including all sites and template-previews ready for easy-one-click export using layer-compositions. loss-less editing … and so on. but no one uses this or even knows what to do. i really hope that there will sometime be a ‘elite’ (? or should that be the standard group of people really dividing between design and code and working together with professionel psd-exchange…

By: Caroline

Caroline — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 07:57:56 +0000

My biggest pet peeve is when people do not proofread their content and there are misspellings, not only in web pages but in blog postings as well. AJ I am afraid you are guilty of this offense as well.

“Giving your work its own place to be showcased lets clients know that you mean busy”

I am sure you probably meant business but your word processor took it upon itself to change a possible misspelling and changed it to busy.

By: Martin Saulis

Martin Saulis — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:23:38 +0000

why are all those wanna-be designers so eager to use Photoshop? it’s one of the worst tools for website design I have ever seen and tried but still, most designers use it. why? why has this became such a cliche?

in my very humble opinion, the Adobe Fireworks does the job much better (by being extremely simple and consciously easy to use).

P.S. I am not saying Adobe Photoshop is a bad piece of software. it’s awesome for photo editing, retouching, etc. but webdesigning.. come on!

By: Shahzad khan

Shahzad khan — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:20:41 +0000

Good read, I hate the sit back effect myself.. !

peace
-mE

By: Amit

Amit — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:10:24 +0000

Very Nice article.

I need to start polishing up my Photoshop skills soon.

Keep Writing…

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By: aj

aj — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:05:50 +0000

Free image hosts are bombarded with ads, they take forever to load, and etc. CM is free, but it looks and functions a hell lot better and looks much more professional.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:10:27 +0000

I think it is rather amusing that you simultaneously criticize the use of a free image hosting service, and then suggest people use Carbonmade – which is also free (though admittedly they have an upgrade plan). Makes it sound like you just don’t like Imageshack I honestly don’t think it matters, and I use free services myself. Having something for someone to look at is -always- better than having nothing at all.

By: Kevin Cannon

Kevin Cannon — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:54:44 +0000

I don’t think pointing to techy reasons is a way to tell someone isn’t a designer.

Better ways would be things like, a poor knowledge of typography, a lack of understanding of grid systems in graphic design and unusable websites and bad use of contrast in designs.

By: Shay

Shay — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:21:08 +0000

You’re right about these 5. Some occur more than others (like #4 haha) but they’re all equally annoying. The solutions hould help .

By: Jar Full of Links – Friday, July 20, 2007

Jar Full of Links – Friday, July 20, 2007 — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:07:36 +0000

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