Re: html page reload

John wrote:

I'm curious to hear others opinions as to why using Photoshop and
Imageready to slice up a layout and export as an xhtml/css based
webpage is a bad idea. It seems like it's be a time saving practice
for designers who are working with graphic layouts.

Using a graphics program to write your HTML/CSS for you is using the
wrong tool for the job. How can it possibly know what is the best markup
for your particular content? Even in the off chance it validates, it
will likely just end up as bloated "div soup".

It may be a time saving practice, but it does not make a better web
page. More likely it will just make a fixed design that falls apart in
browsing environments that are different from yours. It will also be
slower loading than it should be because of all the extra calls to the
server to get individual image pieces. One large graphic will load
faster, every time.

As for suggestions on how to do it better, that depends on your design,
but it will probably require you to think differently about the whole
process.

--
Berg
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