Response to Smashing Magazine article

smashing-specs-response.md

Zach's response to the following Smashing Magazine article:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/10/09/front-end-development-ode-to-specifications/

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Web Designer, If you want to specify every property on the page you should learn to code.

If you are anal enough to provide a "spec" like this:

It's time to learn some CSS.

.callout {
  background: none;
  border-left: 3px solid rgb(255,230,0);
  opacity: 1;

  font-family: National-LightItalic, sans-serf;
  font-size: 36px;
  color: rgb(138,138,138);
  text-align: left;
  line-height: 36px;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  font-style: normal;
  opacity: 1;
}

Look familiar? It should.

If you can't be bothered to learn some basic CSS and HTML you have no business calling yourself a web designer, especially in the age of responsive design.

Painstakingly specifying every single property in a photoshop document like the example above is an unnecessary duplication of work and a waste of your time and your client's money.

(drops mic and storms of stage)