Comments on: Web design tips for print designers

By: Leone Dashiell

Leone Dashiell — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:45:57 +0000

Have been looking at doing site optimization and improving the design on my website for a while, so this website has been really useful. Easy read as well, so thank you!

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:23:26 +0000

It’s really important to draw the distinction between print design/layout and web design … differnt media, different requirements.
cheers.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:28:46 +0000

@Joseph – I’m pleased you found it useful! See you around the AiF forums…

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:01:47 +0000

Good one mate. This will come in handy for me soon, trying to setup some training and documentation. Ta!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:30:56 +0000

@Chris: I am probably a little more forgiving of Flash’s shortcomings, given that I spent about 4 years working as a fulltime Flash designer/developer. But I wholeheartedly agree that Flash is not the answer to every problem, and shouldn’t be considered an easy way to sidestep some of the trickier design issues posed by the web medium. I may write another article on when it is appropriate to use Flash in a website design.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:17:03 +0000

A good article overall and I’ll probably be passing it on to several print designers that work with various clients. However, I’d think your brief mention of flash will cause any print designer that reads it to try and get web developers to do everything in flash. There are two many flash based sites out there as is. With the problems that flash present for accessibility, search engine optimization, etc… it’s something that should add flavor to a design, not be used as a crutch to implement a design.
And as far as flash and font usage, there are specific tools available to help deal with this without developing it in flash only.

By: stephen eighmey

stephen eighmey — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 15:59:21 +0000

very nicely put. i have a work relationship where i receive print designs to be put on the web. this article help me to better understand, better plan for and better explain the sometimes necessary changes that need to take place in this type of arrangement.

By: cat

cat — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 06:42:54 +0000

Excellent article. One I’ll come back to you about later …

cat

By: Minh Trang

Minh Trang — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:40:11 +0000

Very helpful article, especially for beginner like me. Thanks.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 02:02:10 +0000

Emil: Thanks – I’m a fan of your articles too, obviously!