[wonderyak]

Yes, since there is an implicit agreement beforehand that the PSD should be converted to HTML/CSS.

For example, if I missed a border on an element or margin spacing between text areas this would be something I would be expected to fix. The designer would most likely point this out. Many designers I've worked with get very upset if you change anything in this regard without some sort of discussion.

The point you bring up about text handling is true as well, which is another reason that PS is not a great way to design for the web. AI might be a little better, but not by much.

[grey-area]

Yes, since there is an implicit agreement beforehand that the PSD should be converted to HTML/CSS.

I see why it'd be a pain for you, but feel like this process of handing over a supposedly pixel-perfect design is inherently broken - without collaboration the design will be dead as handed over - it should be changing constantly as you encounter difficulties, first in translation to templates, then in putting in content.

Specifying text sizes in a PSD is insane! It doesn't even have styles so I see why the designer hadn't bothered. I think I'd honestly prefer to receive a hand-drawn image with scribbles for the different text sizes.

[wonderyak]

Oh, the process (as normally done for the past decade) is completely broken. Thats one of the reasons that the groupthink behind "PSD to HTML is Dead" is important in spite of how hyperbolic the statement is.

There is always an adjustment period throughout development, however just a simple understanding of the medium would eliminate all but the toughest of these problems.

For as long as I've done this I have mostly worked with designers that started in print, have zero to very little experience in working with the web and do not care to learn.

It is not just the designers who hold blame here though as the instituions which employ them do not require anything more than they've done their whole careers.

Combine that with the fact that a lot of these designers are expected to design for both print and screen, it creates a situation where you cannot expect someone to know all of the nuances of both mediums. When this happens, things like declared text sizing is important in the PSD because thats how they set up their print files too. Everything is implicit.

[johnjlocke]

So developers actually have to know quite a bit of Photoshop in order to translate designs into authentic representations of a mockup.