50 Reasons not to use Photoshop for Webdesign
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Based on my own experiences, once you have covered the very basics of a design by using pen and paper, you really need to stick to the end medium of your product, e.g. HTML/JS/CSS, and using as much real information as possible for the design. There's just too much room for self deception and errors when using less expressive mediums (screen shots, wireframes, etc). Even using something seemingly harmless as lorem ipsum can cause all kinds of problem with db data types, visual whitespace, etc.
>To scale objects without distortion, they must first be cut into several pieces, then the middle part is scaled, and then the individual layers are stacked together.
False, just drag it from the corner with "shift" and add "alt" if you want it to keep it centered. And if you want to constantly scale up and down an object without distortion just convert it to a smart object.
>There is no way to select hidden objects without actually looking at the layers palette.
False, with "Layer Comps" you can have a view where all the layers are visible and then just select those using left click or right click (for complete list).
> Export individual selections or slices
False, Photoshop have slices since long long time ago and you can just click which of those you want using the "Save for web" dialog.
>Within this panel you have quick access to all optimization options for each individual slice
That sounds more like a bug than a feature; it is harder to maintain and can create perceptible inconsistencies between the image quality of the design (Something more ugly that a JPG with 90% compression is a web page that puts together aesthetically similar elements with different compression )
> Create HTML Mockups: Not available in PS
False, Photoshop can also make the design in html tables... (but that is usually a bad idea in any software)
I am tired of reading this rant; but i just wanted to point out that there are a lot of false statements here.