Re: [css-d] Does anyone recognize this ?

2012-10-17 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
Le 17 oct. 2012 à 21:27, Philippe Wittenbergh a écrit : > E { > display: inline-block; > float: left; > /* .. more .. */ > } > > Afaict, those are all applied to inline elements, no width is specified. On > the face of it, that code is completely non-sensical (float will make the >

Re: [css-d] What's the official/technical name of...

2012-10-17 Thread Hakan Kirkan
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Re: [css-d] What's the official/technical name of...

2012-10-17 Thread Barney Carroll
Brilliantly summed up, Angela — a perfectly succinct analysis. Semantics catered for, as a bonus for the philosophers out there! On Thursday, 18 October 2012, Angela French wrote: > I prefer fluid. > Fluid: something that is capable of flowing and that changes its shape at > a steady rate when a

Re: [css-d] What's the official/technical name of...

2012-10-17 Thread Angela French
I prefer fluid. Fluid: something that is capable of flowing and that changes its shape at a steady rate when acted upon by a force tending to change its shape. Liquid: state of matter with a definite volume but no fixed shape. >-Original Message- >From: css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.or

Re: [css-d] What's the official/technical name of...

2012-10-17 Thread Norman Fournier
There is a difference of meaning between fluid and liquid. Fluid is a better descriptor for this in my opinion. On 2012-10-16, at 1:45 PM, Micky Hulse wrote: > Thanks for the reply David, I really appreciate the help. :) > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 1:21 PM, David Laakso > wrote: >> The names

Re: [css-d] how do i ensure the css is rendered well before the entire webpage is loaded?

2012-10-17 Thread kimsia
Hi there, i used css3 methods to draw out speechbubble. Sometimes when i load my website the speechbubble gets displaced. See http://cl.ly/image/1A0Y3z401D23 Then I have to press the refresh button a couple of times before it gets rendered the proper way. See http://cl.ly/image/3V043M1K1l0n I

Re: [css-d] Does anyone recognize this ?

2012-10-17 Thread Susanne Jäger
Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: In a stylesheet that I’ve temporarily inherited I see multiple times the following code (and the stylesheet is otherwise reasonably well written): E { display: inline-block; float: left; /* .. more .. */ } Afaict, those are all applied to inline ele

Re: [css-d] Does anyone recognize this ?

2012-10-17 Thread Brian Kardell
On Oct 17, 2012 8:28 AM, "Philippe Wittenbergh" wrote: > > > In a stylesheet that I’ve temporarily inherited I see multiple times the following code (and the stylesheet is otherwise reasonably well written): > > E { > display: inline-block; > float: left; > /* .. more .. */ > } > >

Re: [css-d] Does anyone recognize this ?

2012-10-17 Thread Brian Kardell
Brian Kardell :: @bkardell :: hitchjs.com On Oct 17, 2012 8:28 AM, "Philippe Wittenbergh" wrote: > > In a stylesheet that I’ve temporarily inherited I see multiple times the > following code (and the stylesheet is otherwise reasonably well written): > > E { > display: inline-block; >

Re: [css-d] Does anyone recognize this ?

2012-10-17 Thread Eric A. Meyer
At 21:27 +0900 10/17/12, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: E { display: inline-block; float: left; /* .. more .. */ } Afaict, those are all applied to inline elements, no width is specified. On the face of it, that code is completely non-sensical (float will make the element display

Re: [css-d] Does anyone recognize this ?

2012-10-17 Thread Ben Henick
On 10/17/12 7:27 AM, Philippe Wittenbergh wrote: > E { > display: inline-block; > float: left; > /* .. more .. */ > } > > [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#dis-pos-flo I'm a bit at sea too... I smell a poor understanding of document flow. Assuming that those rules have width

[css-d] Does anyone recognize this ?

2012-10-17 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
In a stylesheet that I’ve temporarily inherited I see multiple times the following code (and the stylesheet is otherwise reasonably well written): E { display: inline-block; float: left; /* .. more .. */ } Afaict, those are all applied to inline elements, no width is specified.