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09-Sep-12 00:00

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Elated

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This is a forum topic for discussing the article "Web design state of the nation: one designer's journey":

http://www.elated.com/articles/web-design-state-of-the-nation-one-designers-journey-/

Simon looks at how web design and build workflows have changed for him over the last eighteen months.

09-Sep-12 17:41

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How does Fireworks stack up ?
I just started playing with it - following the Adobe book 'Classroom in a book'.
I'm a graphics pleb

So would be interested in your thoughts ?
But I do have one advantage - I do have access to my Wife's Mac

And Sketch2 does look very nice !
Cheers, Dave

10-Sep-12 02:18

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simon

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Well, as I said in my "new Photoshop" piece a year or so ago, Fireworks isn't for me. I don't get on with Fireworks. I don't like the way it performs tasks, nor the interface. Actually I never got on with the Macromedia interface at all, which is basically the same now as when Adobe bought them. So that's Fireworks, Dreamweaver & Flash that I can't get on with!

Your mileage may well vary though - lots of people love Fireworks.

Simon

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10-Sep-12 02:24

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Thanks Simon,

Sorry I've not read you earlier articles - but will do !

I'm not shy of spending money, but would much rather give $50 to a small company than $500 to adobe

I've been a user of the Xara Designer program for a while, but If you don't use these things regularly, it's easy to forget how to do the basics - but so far Sketch-2 seems to have a nice 'obvious what to do' interface!

Thanks again for the article !
Dave

10-Sep-12 03:22

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Hi Dave,

I used Xara to illustrate an entire children's once in the mid 90's. Very innovative at the time.

Sketch2 does a lot of what apps like Illustrator do, but with a much more approachable interface. For me what's so good are the touches that make it a great design tool - stylesheets, multi-pages etc.

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03-Oct-12 10:49

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Great post, thanks for that. I'm a freelancer working mostly on my own and have been trying to get away from mock-ups too.

Although providing a mock-up is sometimes the only way to seal a deal, I've had better experiences with clients who have trusted me & forgone the desire to see what it looks like before I've made it functional.

Funny, since the "look" of a website is only half the story.

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03-Oct-12 12:14

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That's right Ben, and if you have clients who trust you enough to go straight to function and in-browser design, then good for you - you're obviously cultivating some lovely clients!

I, conversely, have been back to multiple Photoshop mockups this week. Feels like a step back in time!

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