Strong points Rachel. I also think awareness of your fellow specialists is a must, that synergy just can’t be ignored.

To summarize, I think the web design community has two factions. The “just” decorators, and the full-pledged web designer.

Eric Karjaluoto has an interesting post regarding this: http://www.ideasonideas.com/2009/05/drones-at-the-karaoke-lounge-of-design/