are there some graphic designers here? 😎
Do you code?
Did you learn some stuff here on devRant? What did you learn?
What do you design mostly?
How do you deal with programmers who don't obey your design specs because they're lazzy fucks? muhaha 😆
how do you think this profession will evolve in the next 10 years?

and you devs, what do you think of us? what are your experiences with designers? good and bad ones?

The bigget struggle when working with designers for me, is that most have no idea of responsive design. You usually get a mockup for desktop and maybee one for mobile. So the programmer has to figure out every thing in between. Also often stuff is rearanged in a way that either requires javascript or duplicate elements and just hide them with media queries.

IMHO if a designer wants everything pixel perfect, they should deliver the frontend. Or let's say html and css part. Otherwise there's just no way to get it as a designer imagines it.
The other possibility would be to have it written by the dev and then sit next to him and adjust pixel by pixel. However devs (including me) will get either bored or anoyed by that.

@Wack let's begin with set all elements outside the window 😉

@Wack or choosing some weird ass font that the client has to pay top dollar for, and as the developer you are the one that has to brake the bad news.

If you design websites, but don't do or plan to learn frontend, find another line of work. I know it sounds harsh but you WILL lose in the job market on the long run. In the short run you will just be creating sucky half-products. Your customers, in the end, want websites, not just pictures of websites.

I guess the most dificult thing is to get the "feel" right. What do I mean with "feel"? All the small animations, interactions and so on, so basically UX because a UI can be stunning, but without UX it's not worth anything. Something might look good on a mockup, with titles of perfect length. When you develop (at lest the frontend/a prototype) on your own you'll see those flaws early on and can correct them. If someone else does it you're often to far into the project to still get shit done...

I'm a Graphic designer. And I do coding too. When me and my team attend hackathons and stuff I usually work as the designer. And yes, Others give me a shitload of anger. When they say thats not compatible with the workspace. But they I get reminded that they are going through the same. So I calm myself and get going again, making bmp's and png's prefect..

@Wack
Rearranging stuff should bei easy/easier with CSSGrid 😉.
But i know what you mean ✌️, its mutch simpler to rearrange things im Sketch/Affinity/Ps or whatever than it is in Code.

i'm looking forward to the beta release of a sketch competitor called phase which works entirely with web tech.
That means you can design states, embed video, data, and it's responsive by default.

https://www.phase.com
Phase - Digital design Reinvented

@pixelwiese absolutly, css grid is a blessing! Funny thing is, that it was originally proposed by microsoft and first implemented in edge... After giving us hell for so long they finaly decided to change for the better :P

I often get designs either as PDF or InDesign files. In there alignment of text drives me cracy sometimes. Just huge boxes with some small text in it. Or just text on different layers stacked to look nicely, but translate that to css and make it responsive? Well GL HF.

Edit: I think I sound a bit negative when talking about designers. That wasn't my intention. I can't design shit! Really! You guys do an amazing job (most of you, most of the time ;)). Plus if you worked with a designer for some time and you kind of understand what they want or are looking for it's not half as bad as when working with someone you don't get! So keep up the good work I guess and if you find the time, learn some frontend skills! Most devs would probably love to teach you!