I'd actually like to revisit this. InDesign is the absolute best page LAYOUT tool available. For comps, repurposing, Master Pages and, yes, styles, it actually makes perfect sense to DESIGN your webpages in ID. I simply cannot use PS for page layout. I've tried for years. And don't get me started on Fireworks.
I am not looking for ID to generate my code, so on that level I agree with Bob Levine that it's not the right tool for the job. But I *do* want to export my artwork accurately, and that's where it would be great if there were an easier way. Export to PSD does not retain layers (though I'm going to try that script linked above as soon as I finish this post!) and exporting to any image format leaves one with everything anti-aliased -- even square/rectangular boxes. Less than ideal. I really just want slices in ID and I'd be an extremely happy camper.
And, yes, it would be great for an export function to exist that allowed me to XML tag each item so that I could output the structure of the page and reference the styles already being used (or about to be used) on the main site. Then export the artwork and have a leg up on coding. As XML is all about the structure of the document, and XML functionality thoroughly permeates ID, it seems a logical next step to allow its functionality to be more than a niche "automate-your-bookmaking-in 90-complicated-steps" feature and mature into the fulcrum for proper web export.
Just my $0.02. Any opinions?
