I guess you've seen them all. Articles like 25 MORE Reasons You Might Be A Hardcore Graphic/Web Designer, You Know You're Addicted To Photoshop If... and 24 Checkpoint Signs You're Obsessed With Web/Graphic Design. All are great (and somewhat funny and true) articles, but how do you know you're not addicted to design?

So you think you're not addicted to (web)design? Here's a check-list in random order.

22 signs your NOT addicted to design

01. You run Windows XP using "Classic Mode", just to make your machine perform faster.

02. You've never touched an Apple computer.

03. You didn't know the font Helvetica was used on the US dollar.

04. You don't care about the W3C web standards, you just want the website displayed correct in every browser.

05. The only drawing program on your computer is MS Paint.

06. You ever wrote an essay using the font "Comic Sans".

07. You now use the font "Times New Roman" for your (school)work.

08. You've never heared of the word Vector (graphics).

09. You don't know the difference between BMP, JPG, GIF and PNG and when to use it.

10. You think RGB or CMYK are names of companies or schools.

11. You never had a nightmare about Internet Explorer 6.

12. You're using Internet Explorer 6.

13. You don't care about fancy advertisement: You just want to know what the product does.

14. You've never seen, followed or bookmarked any form of Photoshop tutorials or websites.

15. Your favorite colors are still Yellow, Orange, Red etc. instead of #CCCCCC, #CF0000, #1F3BC7 etc.

16. You've never installed custom fonts.

17. When asked to explain what a "Smart Object" is, the only thing that comes into your mind is a school teacher.

18. "PS" means PlayStation or post scriptum to you.

19. You think the only program Adobe Systems has created is their PDF reader.

20. You don't cry because this list is made out of seperate HTML paragraphs instead of using an unordered list with list items.

21. You didn't notice the reflection in the image above is totally wrong.

22. You're relieved that all signs noted above are applied by you.

Everything checked? Yes? Congratulations, you're really not addicted to design. If a couple of these signs are unchecked, you might want to check out the Photoshop section.

Feel free to add your own signs that show you're not addicted to design. Drop a comment with your suggestion and I'll add them to the list with a link to your website.

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Colin - Web3   | 86.15.254.xxx | 2008-05-15 22:42:19 Hehe they don't allll apply to me.. Maybe I am not as addicted as I thought. Love: 12. You're using Internet Explorer 6. No further explanation needed. Reply | Quote 0   0

Brian   | 76.120.91.xxx | 2008-05-16 00:26:51 Great followup post to all the "you know you're addicted if..." posts. But I think you probably should've named this "you've never used the internet if..." or "you know you use your computer once a year if..." Great post though. Made me laugh at a few. Reply | Quote 0   0

Kenneth   | 68.227.59.xxx | 2008-05-16 02:33:44 It shouldn't be an unordered list, though. It should be an ordered list. Reply | Quote 0   0

Jack   | 82.68.108.xxx | 2008-05-16 10:00:59 Heh, interesting list. I think the first one is a bit hit and miss - I use windows to design websites on only because the majority use it (as to a tiny handful of mac 'clients'). XP is one of those things that if you don't rip it for all of the power you can get it just drags. Thanks for the list! I'm an addict. Reply | Quote 0   0

Amber - I like!   | 62.194.187.xxx | 2008-05-16 17:00:44 Yeah I like! funny list hihi Reply | Quote 0   0

M Rageh - Great stuff   | 78.151.148.xxx | 2008-05-17 13:42:13 Good write-up all be it a bit more patronising in tone. However, I like number 21 I DID not notice the reflection was wrong. In fact, I did not notice anything wrong at all. Reply | Quote 0   0

Jape   | 213.10.233.xxx | 2008-05-17 19:16:33 So yeah eb, what if you're running IE6 to check your site's crossbrowser-compatibility huh? Reply | Quote 0   0

kremalicious - Nice list   | 91.15.99.xxx | 2008-05-21 16:16:20 cool idea for such a list. Now i can double check my addiction @Jape: if you just use IE to test things out i bet you had one or two nightmares about it Reply | Quote 1   0

PuddleJumper - :))   | 92.84.10.xxx | 2008-06-12 14:56:39 Nr. 01. is true for me illy:' /> But i use IE7 to check cross-browser compatibility, i have tons of custom fonts, and i love to work with vector graphics so, i think i don't have to worry Reply | Quote 0   0

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