RGD Webinar on "Why print designers don't understand the web."

Just came off a wonderful webinar with the RGD (Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario). The topic was "Why don't print designers understand the web?" I was a bit nervous going in because, while I didn't want to offend anyone, the reality is that there are designers that are having a hard time with designing websites. Often this is because they are teamed up with a programmer that looks down on their lack of experience. This is obviously not the way to treat someone, but many programmers are not known for the social graces.

One designer responded that it was there own fault for not spending time to understand a world that kind of looks like print design but is very different. I had to agree.

A final interesting point. Someone asked if there was any kind of resource that could help transition print designers over to the web. I couldn't think of any. Most web resources are a sink or swim affair. Perhaps it's time to create that transitional resource?