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by james-fend 5253 days ago
Do you think it's a left brain, right brain sort of thing? I mean what controls someone's ability to draw better than others?

I've noticed usually the better someone can draw on paper, their web design reflects the same.
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mellifluousmind 5253 days ago
I think it has a lot more to do with memorization of all the little quirks on what works on what browser and what doesn't.

With languages like C#/Ruby/PHP/JavaScript, I find that I can soak up that knowledge better than HTML/CSS, because I find it consistent and organized (...not too sure about PHP's quirky API naming conventions). For CSS, it just seems like there is a myriad of tricks you gain through out the years, and I guess it just takes more effort to get good at it.

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danneu 5253 days ago
Exactly. Programming is logical. Styling isn't. Knowing that `margin: 0 auto;` centers elements in CSS isn't a left-brain, right-brain thing. It's just something unintuitive that you accept until you stumble upon the New Way of doing it.
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