Design in the browser is ‘stifling’

Designer and frontend developer David Bushell has argued that the current trend for designing in the browser is "stifling" web design.

Writing in a blog post, he agreed the only way to truly experience and evaluate a site design is in a browser. He said, “I don’t for one second believe anyone actually feels liberated designing in code alone without any in-between conceptualisation,” and inferred it made little sense to ditch high-fidelity static mock-ups in favour of “another equally inadequate extreme”.

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