I'm a software developer, not a designer, I usually have designs provided by my clients before the work begins. It seems the designers always want to provide the designs in .psd
file format, is this a good (industry standard) practice?
The designs in question are for either websites or desktop/mobile software applications.
As a developer I find it easier to work with vector graphics (Fireworks / Illustrator), I find them much easier to slice and manipulate.
To be honest, I thought Photoshop was for editing photos, not for designing software. Is this statement correct?
.psd
file as a reference and coding the site. The only thing you should be adding is the images or icons, but even then some icons can be coded... So to answer your question on what the industry standard is.. thats code, not inserted sliced images.