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Archive for the ‘css’ Category

IE6 Duplicate Characters Bug

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

The IE6 Duplicate Characters Bug is one I’ve run into before - comments between floats and several other circumstances at the same time cause IE6 screen diarrhea (not my phrasing). While this is a bit of an edge case that’s all the more interesting.

Why Shorthand CSS is Better

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

A short explanation of why shorthand CSS is better and more maintainable.

Design Coding

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Design Coding from Poetic Prophet - SEO Rapper has put another dimension to the education of best practice website development. Who would have thought web standards, accessibility and usability would make it to the Rap scene?

Aptana Studio 1.1

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Aptana Studio 1.1 is a free cross platform web development environment.

960 Grid System

Friday, March 28th, 2008

The 960 Grid System is an effort to streamline web development workflow.

Smashing Best of March 2008

Friday, March 28th, 2008

There are some excellent resources again in Smashing Magazine’s Best of March 2008.

Styling Form Buttons into Sliding Doors

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Robert Nyman has posted an informative article on styling form buttons into sliding doors and explains why you may want to consider it. Be warned though there are issues involved with using buttons that affect accessibility (and Internet Explorer of course).

Internet Explorer 6 ID-Class Bug

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

How to effectively deal with the Internet Explorer 6 ID-Class Bug. Drop the ID or even better move the Class up the heirarchy to a container.