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Using tables or CSS? · CSS · / 29 03 2004 - 22:32

Now, i know this is a zillion times discussed over the web but often you hear that browsers don’t support CSS and so it’s harder to use CSS instead of tables. Using tables doesn’t require hacks. But is that really the case?
Even with tables, sites will look differently on various browsers. And as for hacks to get CSS to render correctly in all browsers, well is using a spacer.gif also not using a hack?
Tables can be displayed just as differently as CSS can. Different browsers will sometimes handle table heights and widths differently and/or measure cellpadding or spacing differently.

Now, am i declaring war on tables? No i’m not, but i just want to point out that even with tables you’ll run into x-browser problems. Granted, the learning curve with CSS is steeper, but …. is that a reason to point the finger at CSS and x-browser problems?

And now for something completely different · Small talk · / 29 03 2004 - 22:28

Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul

Of the wide world dreaming on things to come,

Can yet the lease of my true love control,

Supposed as forfeit to a confined doom.

The mortal moon hath her eclipse endured,

And the sad augurs mock their own presage;

Incertainties now crown themselves assured,

And peace proclaims olives of endless age.

Now with the drops of this most balmy time,

My love looks fresh, and Death to me subscribes,

Since, spite of him, I’ll live in this poor rhyme,

While he insults o’er dull and speechless tribes:

And thou in this shalt find thy monument,

When tyrants’ crests and tombs of brass are spent.

“True love” by Shakespeare.

For the only girl i have ever loved.

Does your user roar? · CSS · / 29 03 2004 - 01:08

When you design, do you design thinking what the user has to put up with, or do you just do your thing? Now there is User Anonimous: find out how the user thinks of your site: evolt has an article where you can find out how the user looks at your design:
I am USER hear me roar

A new resource · CSS · / 28 03 2004 - 16:19

Today i stumbled upon a page that has quite some goodies stuffed on it if you ever get stuck with your CSS. “Another one under the sun?” i initially found myself thinking. But upon further reading, i found it to be quite well structured. Everything is well organised and divided. You have CSS basics, tutorials, accessibility, lay out guides, .... the lot.

just follow this link.

CSS2.1 W3C Candidate Recommendation · CSS · / 18 03 2004 - 22:50

CSS2.1 is now a W3C Candidate Recommendation. Big news. W3C recommends that it be implemented and it will remain a Candidate Recommendation at least until 1 September 2004.

So what are the changes?
CSS 2.1 corrects a few errors in CSS2 withthe most important being a new definition of the height/width of absolutely positioned elements, more influence for HTML’s “style” attribute and a new calculation of the ‘clip’ property. It also adds a few highly requested features which have already been widely implemented.

The full stuff is here.

CSS problems? · CSS · / 14 03 2004 - 17:58

We all know that debugging CSS can be a PITA. I always turn on some background colors and use a debugging sheet to know what is going on. But sometimes that is not enough. Well, if this sounds familiar, Mezzoblue has posted an article on CSS debugging. It covers a lot of ground and should be bookmarked by each of us.

Once again a new template · CSS · / 7 03 2004 - 19:36

Today i added another template called “Magenta”. It uses a special technique for hovering over an image. I made one file that has a big and smaller image and only with tweaking the CSS, upon hovering over the default small image, it enlarges to the bigger one. I’ve put the two images in one “containing” image to reduce the download time.

You can sneak a preview and download the css, template and images in the “templates” section.

Headings · CSS · / 7 03 2004 - 03:34

Headings in Web pages. We all use them, marking them up with h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, or h6 elements. They help the reader judge if the material is something they want to read. So you better make sure your heading is visually stimulating. We can “easily” do this with CSS. But what if you’re out of inspiration (or just a plain lazy bugger ;-) )?

Well, have no fear: 50 Headings will provide you with 50 styled headings. Free and equiped with the CSS.

The importance of checking your site · CSS · / 2 03 2004 - 15:04

How important is it to check your own site? Now, this might look like an obvious question to most of you. Except, i was caught in the process of “ignore your own advice”. Today i was checking out my example with the horizontal menu i made a long time ago in the Laboratory section. Oh horror!! To my own disgrace, i discovered that it was all messed up. So i opened up my stylesheet and yes… somehow i managed to alter it in a way it messed everything up.

Why? When? I have no clue. God knows how long it has been there in a messed up way. Just shows you: check your pages on a regulary base.

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