http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/11/18/real-design-versus-web-design/ A web log about web development and internet culture with frequent detours into other stuff. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/11/18/real-design-versus-web-design/comment-page-1/#comment-91812 Mary Baum Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:07:38 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/?p=2606#comment-91812 I'm a reformed GoLive user, so I understand where that sentiment comes from, kind of. And I still put a premium on how stuff looks. But the whole time I was using GoLive, and building sites that were little more than collections of graphics and image maps, I also had the wit to know that my attachment to the look of type over searchability and usability was going to have to change, sooner rather than later. Real web development wasn't something to look down on or snicker at. It was something to learn and aspire to. These days I code CSS by hand, perhaps halfway decently. But I hardly think that makes me a developer. I’m a reformed GoLive user, so I understand where that sentiment comes from, kind of. And I still put a premium on how stuff looks. But the whole time I was using GoLive, and building sites that were little more than collections of graphics and image maps, I also had the wit to know that my attachment to the look of type over searchability and usability was going to have to change, sooner rather than later.
Real web development wasn’t something to look down on or snicker at. It was something to learn and aspire to.
These days I code CSS by hand, perhaps halfway decently. But I hardly think that makes me a developer.

]]> http://tiffanybbrown.com/2009/11/18/real-design-versus-web-design/comment-page-1/#comment-93609 Mary Baum Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:07:00 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/?p=2606#comment-93609 I'm a reformed GoLive user, so I understand where that sentiment comes from, kind of. And I still put a premium on how stuff looks. But the whole time I was using GoLive, and building sites that were little more than collections of graphics and image maps, I also had the wit to know that my attachment to the look of type over searchability and usability was going to have to change, sooner rather than later. Real web development wasn't something to look down on or snicker at. It was something to learn and aspire to. These days I code CSS by hand, perhaps halfway decently. But I hardly think that makes me a developer. I’m a reformed GoLive user, so I understand where that sentiment comes from, kind of. And I still put a premium on how stuff looks. But the whole time I was using GoLive, and building sites that were little more than collections of graphics and image maps, I also had the wit to know that my attachment to the look of type over searchability and usability was going to have to change, sooner rather than later.
Real web development wasn’t something to look down on or snicker at. It was something to learn and aspire to.
These days I code CSS by hand, perhaps halfway decently. But I hardly think that makes me a developer.

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