[UPHPU] Interface Design

[MilesTogoe]

Scott Hill wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 8:36 AM, <cole at colejoplin.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Quoting Wade Preston Shearer <lists at wadeshearer.com>:
>>
>>     
>>> I didn't
>>> mean to suggest that Photoshop was the God of design and nothing else
>>> would be acceptable.
>>>       
>> Ok, I will. Bow to the Photoshop god you dogs! Nothing else is
>> acceptable! (just kidding)
>>
>> Photoshop has the reputation for a steep learning curve. However, the
>> ability to do some amazing things quickly is undeniable. I have tried
>> to use other tools since then, and have been frustrated that in no
>> time I find there's something I can't do, or do easily. Just my
>> personal experience. The amount of third party freebies and tutorials
>> is vast and unmatched. Overkill? Perhaps. Swift and effective?
>> Definitely.
>>
>> Think of it this way. You don't need a Ferrari to go to the corner
>> store for milk. You can take the extremely capable Buick! Or a BMW!
>> There are lots of good tools out there. And I'd even throw Illustrator
>> into the mix. Check your budget, and decide from there. But for me
>> personally, the Ferrari is in the garage....
>>
>>     
>
> Whoa.  You guys are killing me with the Ferrari... stuff.  I guess I'm just
> not even in the same league as all of the Ferrari and Beamer drivers.  After
> seeing the price I have to pay for Photoshop (I'm still suffering definite
> sticker shock symptoms) I decided I just want to be a humble C++ programmer
> when I grow up and not a graphic designer.
>
> Seriously, are there any suggestions for those of us who drive rattling,
> clanking lumps of metal (that we even maybe might live out of)?
>   
I'm not sure what you want?  I gave you an option that's very easy to 
use, very professional, very free, very W3C standard, very 
cross-platform.  Or could even use Richard's suggestion of Powerpoint.  
Whatever is most agile.  But no one on this list seems to want to move 
to something that's not even very new. 

Forget the Ferrari, this PHP arena reminds me more of "Your Father's 
Oldsmobile".