Re:How can we take this seriously... (Score 1)

A couple of things first:

You posited that graphic artists should know how different compression levels will work out. That's just not feasible. If they need to resize, etc. later, I'd hope they're saving a full-sized, layered, PSD file that they can go back to and make adjustments for different outputs. My point was that they can't just "know" what result a compression setting will give, since the same level of compression can give drastically different results depending on the image.

I think we're in agreement now about the "save for web" (I too often wonder why they chose that instead of just giving you those options standard when you save as...but whatevs) not being the i>source of the problem.

Now:

You are indeed correct, I of course did not consider the possibility that you may be compressing and resizing through image processing on the server. It's my (admittedly bad) knee-jerk reaction to assume that most people who consider themselves web developers are really just hobbyists who know little to nothing about the web or actual development. If you've been in the industry for any length of time, I hope you understand my reaction is rooted in the frustration caused by the erosion of credibility afforded to actual web developers, due to the aforementioned folks.

That being said, I must apologize for that jab. I wasn't in a particularly good mood when I replied, and you have shown yourself a gentleman by your response. For that, I salute you.