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By: Interaction: Core Lab » Week 10: Homework Assignment

Interaction: Core Lab » Week 10: Homework Assignment — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:13:36 +0000

[...] week, please read Eric Meyer’s article Formal Weirdness, which discusses some CSS issues with form elements that I touched on in class. Just to note, when [...]

By: Shawn Haynes

Shawn Haynes — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:31:57 +0000

Seems to me that form controls need to be overhauled in the HTML specification. I see the focus of forms in HTML 5 tends to be new features and new types of input such as telephone, phone number. But what about simply better defining basic controls like check boxes. Shouldn’t this be the place to start to making forms easier to style?

By: Best Practice: Use native form elements whenever possible - Space Ninja

Best Practice: Use native form elements whenever possible - Space Ninja — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:52:48 +0000

[...] Eric Meyer: Formal Weirdness [...]

By: Safari and Chrome css form issues

Safari and Chrome css form issues — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:41:12 +0000

[...] very simple, really: style form controls at your own peril! ;) Read this article: Formal Weirdness. My advice would be not to style the controls at [...]

By: Image positioning in IE and FF

Image positioning in IE and FF — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:14:36 +0000

[...] Originally Posted by CloudedVision I do that all the time, and nothing bad happens to any of my submit buttons The effects aren’t the same in all browsers. Also, I think submit buttons are one of the less noticeably affected elements. Eric Meyer explains the issue in formal weirdness. [...]

By: wheresrhys » Blog Archive » In defence of jQuery browser detection

wheresrhys » Blog Archive » In defence of jQuery browser detection — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:31:53 +0000

[...] would be the obvious way to do this. No matter how many CSS bugs get fixed in browsers, how to render form elements by default isn’t specified by CSS/html, so there will always be this reason to want to detect [...]

By: Focus on Forms « Rachael L. Moore, Web Designer - Tallahassee, Florida

Focus on Forms « Rachael L. Moore, Web Designer - Tallahassee, Florida — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:53:38 +0000

[...] http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/05/15/formal-weirdness/ [...]

By: Adding classes to input tags as a matter of course | Css Templates - 1000s of Free, Premium CSS Templates

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:45:08 +0000

[...] Eric Meyer’s Formal Wierdness [...]

By: MyCashflow blogi – Asiaa MyCashflow'sta, Interface-rajapinnasta ja verkkokauppabisneksestä yleisesti.

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:04:03 +0000

[...] se, että ne ovat tiukasti sidottu joko suoraan käyttöjärjestelmään tai selaimeen, jolloin lähtökohdat ja lopputulokset ovat monesti hyvinkin vaihtelevia. Tämä johtuu yksinkeraisesti vain siitä, että CSS2.1 [...]

By: fcicq's del.icio.us » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-11

fcicq's del.icio.us » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-11 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:35:19 +0000

[...] Eric”s Archived Thoughts: Formal Weirdness (tags: css webdesign forms) [...]

By: Templaterie Blog

Templaterie Blog — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:58:23 +0000

[...] Einen mehr als Berechtigten Rant bezüglich der Art und Weise wie Formulare in Browser integriert wurden, wie unflexible und inkongruent diese sich in den verschiedenen Browsern geben, schrieb Erich Meyer in einem lesenswerten Beitrag: Formal Weirdness. [...]

By: Space Ninja » Blog Archive » 41 Useful CSS Links

Space Ninja » Blog Archive » 41 Useful CSS Links — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:12:27 +0000

[...] Eric Meyer explains, CSS and forms are unpredictable, for good reason. Still, there’s a lot you can do, and most of it starts with a good [...]

By: BrianBal.com » Blog Archive » Styling Form Controls

BrianBal.com » Blog Archive » Styling Form Controls — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:16:03 +0000

[...] because you cannot get consistent results across different browsers. In Eric Meyer”s blog post Formal Weirdness he explains why form controls are impossible to describe with current [...]

By: BrianBal.com : Styling Form Controls

BrianBal.com : Styling Form Controls — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:50:16 +0000

[...] you cannot get consistent results across different browsers. In Eric Meyer’s blog post Formal Weirdness he explains why form controls are impossible to describe with current [...]

By: Tilgjengelige og brukervennlige webskjema - bza.no

Tilgjengelige og brukervennlige webskjema - bza.no — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:27:08 +0000

[...] opp skjemaets utseende med CSS, men vær obmerksom på at dette kan motargumenteres. Sørg for at brukeren ser at skjemaet fortsatt er et skjema, og at ikke designbiten overstyrer [...]