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Comment on microformats.org by Introducing microformats « blog.andyhume.net

Introducing microformats « blog.andyhume.net — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:07:00 +0000

[...] to this new site. My guess is that many were rather surpised to find that this exciting, powerful, change the way we build and use the Web technology was just XHTML with some meaningful class [...]

Comment on An Event Apart and HTML 5 by Eric Meyer

Eric Meyer — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:46:55 +0000

Thanks, Philip! Good to know I wasn’t crazy, as well as mind-boggling that the problem to rendering lay in packet boundaries.

Requirements of the off-the-shelf scripts we’re using, Lauren. I have yet to find time to hack around their limitations.

Yes, D Ross, it’s still in HTML5 as of your comment (and this one too). Nothing has changed since the post was written.

Comment on An Event Apart and HTML 5 by D Ross

D Ross — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:39:33 +0000

aneventapart.com is written in HTML5? Did the HTML5 get nixed? Maybe I missed a post explaining it has switched back?

Just checked the source and I’m not seeing it.

Comment on Reset Reloaded by Reset CSS - Pixel Transparente

Reset CSS - Pixel Transparente — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:26 +0000

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Comment on Reset Reasoning by reset.css muammas� - Zoque

reset.css muammas� - Zoque — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:11:02 +0000

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Comment on CSS3 Feedback: Selector Blocks by Erling Ormar Vignisson

Erling Ormar Vignisson — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:00:55 +0000

Hey Erice - care to print this out and fax it to the W3C? Surely, they have a fax machine by now ;-)

http://lesscss.org/

Comment on Handling an Explicit-Width Bug in Internet Explorer by vancouver web design

vancouver web design — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:59:17 +0000

What would we do with our time if we couldn’t spend it fixing IE rendering chaos?

Good job on the workaround, I’ve added it to the toolbox.

Ben

Comment on Competent Classing by Danny Hurlburt

Danny Hurlburt — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:19:38 +0000

But don’t you pay a performance penalty with div.navlinks a as opposed to div.navlinks a.navlink?

With the first selector, anytime the browser comes across an anchor element it has to march up the DOM to see if it is a descendant of a div.navlinks. A document may very likely contain dozens or even hundreds of anchor elements that are not a descendant of a div.navlinks. Each of these anchors incurs a performance penalty even though the selector does not match.

With the second selector, anytime the browser comes across an anchor element it simply needs to check if it has the class navlink. If it doesn’t, then it can dismiss the CSS selector for this anchor.

See http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/docs/rendering.html for details on using efficient CSS selectors.

Comment on CSS3 Feedback: Graphical Thoughts by Sam

Sam — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:56:18 +0000

I think jsutcliffe comment was one of the best ways in which a gradient tool could working within CSS3 that I have heard. Nice concept!

Comment on Reset Reasoning by 960 Grid System | Tarek Shalaby

960 Grid System | Tarek Shalaby — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:40:33 +0000

[...] file. If you haven’t been resetting your CSS when developing websites, that you should read this article to know why you should. But basically, resetting avoids a lot of browser incompatibility [...]

Comment on Reset Reloaded by How to get your website working/looking the same in all browsers? - Irish SEO, Marketing & Webmaster Discussion

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:13:42 +0000

[...] there’s lots of bits and pieces to help you along your way on this. I always reset various problematic elements with css so they have a level playing field across most browsers. I’ve you use the reset css file in the [...]

Comment on Reset Reloaded by Casey

Casey — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:27:00 +0000

Still, after all this time, there is no fundamental or grounded default approach for CSS. Pathetic… So much time wasted and so little progress.

Comment on Resetting Again by Web Design Tools and Resources

Web Design Tools and Resources — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:46:13 +0000

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Comment on Resetting Again by Vos Virtual Network » CSS Grid Frameworks

Vos Virtual Network » CSS Grid Frameworks — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:43:29 +0000

[...] – An elegant and complete CSS Framework that includes a CSS reset (similar to Eric Meyer’s Reset) that eliminates deals with the discrepancies across browsers, a solid grid that can support most [...]

Comment on Reset Reloaded by Ross McLoughlin

Ross McLoughlin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:46:39 +0000

Hey there!

Thanks for this. I have found it be very useful. I’m just having one problem with it, and maybe you, or somebody, can help me with it.

My website has a section to allow admins to manage content on the site. They can format the text anyway they like. This html is then stored in a database, and retrieved when the page is accessed. The problem that I am having is that the resets strip out all of the formatting. Paragraphs appear squashed together, bold text is removed etc etc…

Is there any way around this? Can I somehow get it to ignore te rules that came before it?

Regards, and thanks

Ross