Couple of useful links: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/selector.html http://www.quirksmode.org/css/contents.html
Barney Carroll wrote: > @JJ: I use pretty much the same setup. Only now I need another laptop > for IE7 :). Vim on Mac doesn't sit tight for me... I use BBEdit > (intelligent collapsing and, as far as I'm concerned, cleanest & > simplest interface around). > > Shelly's spot on. I know a lot of developers who're just baffled at the > concept of CSS (style? developers? hehehe), but if you read through > w3c's glossaries and write to standard (ie Firefox) - afterwards the > logic employed by IE is an interesting challenge :). > > Regards, > Barney > > Css Discuss wrote: >> I'm a Mac user now, was Linux full time for quite a while. I keep a >> laptop handy to check windows browsers. I use FF for everyday life and >> doing my HTML and CSS. >> It's interesting coming back to front end stuff, I wonder how many >> here use Vim as their HTML/CSS editor? I'm so hooked! >> >> I find this thread interesting, thanks for the encouragment. >> >> - JJ >> >> On 10/24/06, Shelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> *Exactly* what Rimantas said. I have found that the majority of people >>> who say "CSS is too hard" or put up arguments for not using it (like "oh >>> to make that work in that browser I'll need this work around, or it's >>> going to do this or that" LOL) are generally people who haven't really >>> given it a shot. This includes people who are new to it (which is a >>> common first reaction, but they'll learn) as well as people who tried it >>> once for a day or two and just gave up because they wanted to "get it" >>> instantly (those are the *fun* ones to discuss it with!) >>> >>> Once you get CSS - it's like riding a bike. You *get* it. And then you >>> start wanting to know and understand more. And the more you "get" the >>> better you get at it. For me, it took a couple of months before the >>> light bulb switched on over my head, and thanks to the past years of >>> learning, reading, and soaking up whatever I could wherever I could >>> (this list, too!), I usually get hired by design houses that want to go >>> tableless. Many times (especially when I see responses here from Georg >>> or francky - among others, and remember who actually runs this list) I >>> feel like I know nothing - until I speak with someone who's in the same >>> spot I was five years ago. I may not know as much as a lot of these >>> guys, but I *do* know enough that my skills are sought after enough to >>> pay for my family vacations (and electronic goodies of all sorts that >>> are around the house!) >>> >>> But *exactly* what he said - the *biggest* mistake you can make is to >>> design for IE and then fix the other browsers later. The second biggest >>> mistake is to wait until the site is completely finished before you >>> start validating your CSS and markup (you should be doing that all along >>> to save yourself a visit to the hospital from head trauma via "banging >>> your head on the desk") >>> >>> CSS is awesome. It's been so long since I've used a table that I >>> actually have to look up old tutorials now to see how they're done ;) >>> And for the record, usually when I find myself needing to use a hack, >>> it's only for IE5 on a Mac - and even then it's rare. >>> >>> ~Shelly > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ -- Barney Carroll Text Matters Information design: we help explain things using language | design | systems | process improvement _______________________________________________________ phone +44 (0)118 918 2382 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] web http://www.textmatters.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
