De: Tim Dawson <t...@ramasaig.com> Fecha: 11 de agosto de 2014 12:25:24 GMT+02:00 Para: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Asunto: Re: [css-d] Grids: what's all the fuss ?
On 11/08/2014 09:43, MiB wrote: > 11 aug 2014 kl. 10:02 skrev Tim Dawson <t...@ramasaig.com>: >> what I'd do with an eight or twelve column design (or why I'd need it, >> really). > > One word: Flexibility with contained order. But I think I can already do that with floated <divs>, which are even more flexible since they can be any % of the container width (must add to 100%, of course). 'Contained order' suggests a bit more, but only that things should line up vertically and not be all over the place ? (with which I'd agree). So I'd have (say) a 60% div and a 40% div (58.33% and 41.67% if I must be in twelfths). I can't see why I need an 8.33% div. In short, I'm still missing the point. > > The best design book for grids IMHO is "Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles > for Web Design” by > Khoi Vinh (2010 Voices That Matter). It’s totally wonderful and in my opinion > contains > timeless principles. Better than any article on the subject. Thanks for the reference. Mixed reviews on Amazon, but I respect books from 'Voices that Matter' (and already have several). Regards, Tim Dawson > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss > [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ > -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- > http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > Grids give your site a visual consistency, which in my book is a good thing. 12-column grids are handy if you don't know the final design - they're very flexible in that you can use as a base for 2-, 3-, 4-, or 6- column pages. Usually they're used for templates where the creator of the grid cannot know the final layout use. But if you do know the page layout then it doesn't seem worth the complication of basing it on a 12-column grid - you can simply, as you say, create the grid you need directly. Peter ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
