Skipping Photoshop? It's easy with Linux!
There is an interesting post on 37signals about why they skip the use of Photoshop to create user interface mock-ups; instead, they favour moving straight to HTML and CSS. Myself, a Linux-only user trying to make a living as a web designer, I find this conversation both interesting and amusing.
The interest and amusement is probably fed by the fact I cannot natively install Photoshop on my Linux systems, which totally negates the decision to skip designing UIs with Photoshop. Of course, if wanted, I could always use GIMP, which by the way, is perfectly capable of creating mock-ups.
Also, surely the decision as to whether or not a UI needs a graphical mock-up is determined by the actual design brief of the UI, as opposed to being a designer's personal preference? In which case, what is all the hoorah about? Designers, heh.
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