Chased by thieves? Outpace them.
It might be true that there is no such thing as an original idea. Everything, at one point or another, is copied from something else. Some call this inspiration, others, copyright infringement. I call it a fact of life. Yes, it completely and utterly sucks. No one likes to see their blood, sweat and tears earn others business or praise. It’s like seeing someone else take credit for your children, unconscionable.
But what is one to do? Read more…
CSS/Design, Humour, Marketing, Personal Brand
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Resetting CSS styles will save you a lot of time
One of the most essential tools I have when I build a web site is the CSS reset. What the reset does is basically strip some or all the default styling (like padding, margins, font-sizes, etc) applied to HTML elements by different web browsers. The reason we want to do this is that each browser has its own default set of styles, and guess what – they differ from browser to browser. Starting from a fresh slate is often the easiest way to shorten development time and get the most predictable cross-browser results (though some designers, like Jonathan Snook, @snookca, don’t personally see a strong need for resets). If you see the benefit of using CSS resets, creating your own reset is very doable, and honestly not super difficult, but why re-invent the wheel? Read more…
CSS/Design
Reset
How I wish IE6 would go the way of movable type
By no means am I a CSS ninja, I’m not even a CSS guru, but what I am is a guy with a few years under my belt spent designing, developing and analyzing web sites. While working at Concordia University, I’ve had the… “privilege” of seeing a wide variety (X)HTML and CSS bugs. Here’s one bug that stole a day’s worth of work from me that I wanted to share:
In Internet Explorer 6, if the font-size of the body is set to 1em, the Text Size feature (shown below) when set to sizes other than medium, makes the fonts laughably out of proportion. If you are also having this problem…
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CSS/Design
Bug, Font-size, IE6
