Re: [css-d] Trying to get the big picture view on responsive design

2013-11-13 Thread william drescher
... Fluid/flexible layouts are, IMO, best. Like you mention, new devices are coming out all the time. Percentage width on your structure help you cover all the varying widths. Start mobile first, and adjust layout with breakpoints when the *content* requires it. Sometimes a single column is all

Re: [css-d] Trying to get the big picture view on responsive design

2013-11-13 Thread Tim Arnold
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 7:26 AM, william drescher will...@techservsys.com wrote: I looked and googled but... what is a css breakpoint? Is it just setting width ? bill Breakpoints are points at which certain CSS rules kick in. They are most commonly based on the width of your browser

Re: [css-d] Trying to get the big picture view on responsive design

2013-11-13 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
many such breakpoints (out there in practice) are defined in ems, even when the author is thinking pixels, where one EM is calculated as 16 pixels. /* for 600px ...(16 * 37.5 == 600) */ @media all and (min-width: 37.5em) { ...css goes here } I've been doing this because the examples I

Re: [css-d] Trying to get the big picture view on responsive design

2013-11-13 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
Le 13 nov. 2013 à 22:44, Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh sandy.pittendr...@gmail.com a écrit : many such breakpoints (out there in practice) are defined in ems, even when the author is thinking pixels, where one EM is calculated as 16 pixels. /* for 600px ...(16 * 37.5 == 600) */ @media

Re: [css-d] The Simpsons in CSS

2013-11-13 Thread Tim Arnold
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 2:15 AM, MiB digital.disc...@gmail.com wrote: nov 13 2013 06.30 Theresa Jennings: I think they're more proof of concept than anything else. Of course, but what about in three years? Someone will always be going there first. It's possible that graphics apps will

Re: [css-d] The Simpsons in CSS

2013-11-13 Thread COM
On Nov 13, 2013, at 6:25 AM, Tim Arnold tim.arn...@gmail.com wrote: It's possible that graphics apps will eventually have an option to export something like this, but I lean toward probably not. More likely (particularly since it's already happening with Adobe) is that illustrations will

Re: [css-d] The Simpsons in CSS

2013-11-13 Thread COM
..it also just dawned on me that illustration converted to code can be dynamically changed… some dizzying implications to that, eh? John __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org]

Re: [css-d] The Simpsons in CSS

2013-11-13 Thread Theresa Jennings
Yeah, it came up as a 404 for me, and I'm the one who started this thread. Oh, well. It was cool. On Nov 13, 2013, at 11:28 AM, Greg Gamble wrote: http://pattle.github.io/simpsons-in-css/ is 404? __ css-discuss

Re: [css-d] The Simpsons in CSS

2013-11-13 Thread Greg Gamble
http://pattle.github.io/simpsons-in-css/ is 404? -Original Message- From: css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org [mailto:css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org] On Behalf Of COM Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 7:08 AM To: CSS-Discuss Subject: Re: [css-d] The Simpsons in CSS ..it also

Re: [css-d] The Simpsons in CSS

2013-11-13 Thread Philip Taylor
Theresa Jennings wrote: Yeah, it came up as a 404 for me, and I'm the one who started this thread. Oh, well. It was cool. On Nov 13, 2013, at 11:28 AM, Greg Gamble wrote: http://pattle.github.io/simpsons-in-css/ is 404? Update: Pattle has temporarily removed his project from Github

Re: [css-d] The Simpsons in CSS

2013-11-13 Thread Philip Taylor
Philip Taylor wrote: Update: Pattle has temporarily removed his project from Github while he seeks legal permission to reproduce the Simpsons characters Translation : the suits and bean-counters have threatened litigation for infringement of copyright. A variant can still be found here :

Re: [css-d] The Simpsons in CSS

2013-11-13 Thread COM
On Nov 13, 2013, at 11:42 AM, Philip Taylor p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk wrote: http://pattle.github.io/simpsons-in-css/ is 404? Update: Pattle has temporarily removed his project from Github while he seeks legal permission to reproduce the Simpsons characters Translation : the suits and

[css-d] aligning some text in td at bottom

2013-11-13 Thread Sara Haradhvala
Would really appreciate a suggestion and explanation from this group. I'd like to align a link at the bottom of a table cell. The rest of the text should be aligned at the top of the cell. I'd also like to leave some padding above the link so that I can reduce the width of the window and

[css-d] Font stack problem

2013-11-13 Thread Tom Livingston
List, I'm using this for my font stack: font-family: Trebuchet MS, TrebuchetMS,Trebuchet, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; The three Trebuchets listed was attempt to solve my issue, which is that although I see Trebuchet in my system it is

Re: [css-d] Font stack problem

2013-11-13 Thread Tom Livingston
I'm using this for my font stack: font-family: Trebuchet MS, TrebuchetMS,Trebuchet, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; The three Trebuchets listed was attempt to solve my issue, which is that although I see Trebuchet in my system it is

Re: [css-d] aligning some text in td at bottom

2013-11-13 Thread Chris Rockwell
My first question for these is always, does this have to be/should be an actual table? Second, I think, if I can understand the specs correctly, that Firefox is actually doing it incorrectly. Without an explicit height (do the specs mean explicit to be a non-percentage, non-auto value?) on the