This morning while riding the train to school I just realized why so many webdesigners dislike the idea of software that makes it really easy to make websites.
It's not really that they lack all the extra functions of the full-fledged Adobe Creative Suite line of software or other similar lines.
It's that these easy to use programs allow virtually anyone to start making websites that look professional to the untrained eyes of the masses. This in turn allows companies that would otherwise have hired a professional web-designer or graphic designer to make their logos, websites, signs, et al to just make a logo or website contest, effectively harnessing the power of all these amateurs... all for the price of a promised approximately 50-100 bucks and a little publicity to the one out of hundreds they choose from.
This leaves a couple hundred of the prospective designers unpaid and pretty much unappreciated, while one has essentially given away his or her hours upon hours of work for a pittance.
All the while, this isn't exactly doing wonders for the design industry, as it greatly depreciates the overall value of good design work.
I understand that not all companies in the world have multi million dollar budgets and should still be able to get web-sites and logo designed for them, but these contests are just not the way to go. Pretty much every-one should have some sort of contact with people who know web- or graphic design. May it be a friend, family member, friend of a friend, family member of a colleague... somewhere in your circle of acquaintances is bound to be someone with at least a little education and some experience in these fields.
Look over this person's works so far and decide whether to hire him/her or not and then discuss payment with the person you choose for the job.
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