Chapter 3: A Roundup of the Best Design Handoff Tools
by Daniel Schwarz
Design handoff (before it was even called that) was a complicated, frustrating, and often disastrous task. Way back when, Photoshop was the only tool available for screen design, and converting a design to code was called “slicing a PSD.”
Oh, the days.
Slicing a PSD was the developer’s responsibility, which was quite frustrating because developers understandably didn‘t want to work with design tools. That being said, designers had to manually write out design specs for every layer in a Photoshop document, which often resulted in inconsistencies and heated discussions with developers. This set designers and developers on a path of war that even today we’re not ready to joke ...
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