Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread Georg
Den 10.04.2014 02:33, skrev Crest Christopher: I thought Opera went to webkit, or is Blink just another term for webkit ? WebKit is a branch of the KDE open source project, and so is Blink. Google and Opera decided not all that long ago to split from WebKit, and called their engine-version Bl

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread Felix Miata
On 2014-04-09 20:33 (GMT-0400) Crest Christopher composed: I thought Opera went to webkit, or is Blink just another term for webkit ? WebKit is a fork of KHTML. Blink is a fork of WebKit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28software_development%29 -- "The wise are known for their understandi

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread Crest Christopher
I thought Opera went to webkit, or is Blink just another term for webkit ? Georg wrote: Den 09.04.2014 17:00, skrev GJim: I have found an issue with Opera (v12.16 is installed) when using 'small' vs %. Note that Opera v/12.16 uses the old Presto engine, for which all development is frosen/

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread GJim
Howdy Philip, ~~~ Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 1:37:54 PM (USA 'Somewhere on-the-road time-zone'), you wrote the message that appears below. My reply appears here and/or interspersed within your message. ~~~ > I /think/ I would check whether my site statistics had been > updated this millenium, if

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread Eric
Opps, forgot to add this: Yes, if you use REM the value will stay consistent with the value of font-size set on root element. If you use a percentage for the root element's font-size your other font-sizes will vary depending on the browser's default font size setting...Some have no problem with th

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread Eric
Not not correct - The value of a REM is taken from the font-size of the root element...thus the HTML element, not the BODY element. > On April 9, 2014 at 12:05 PM Shari wrote: > > > If you use rem's it stays consistent from the body tag... correct? > > Shari > ___

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread GJim
Howdy Georg, ~~~ Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 1:09:22 PM (USA 'Somewhere on-the-road time-zone'), you wrote the message that appears below. My reply appears here and/or interspersed within your message. ~~~ > Note that Opera v/12.16 uses the old Presto engine, for which all > development is frosen/

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread Philip Taylor
GJim wrote: according to site stats, I have visitors still using IE3! I /think/ I would check whether my site statistics had been updated this millenium, if I were you ... Philip Taylor __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discu

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread Georg
Den 09.04.2014 17:00, skrev GJim: I have found an issue with Opera (v12.16 is installed) when using 'small' vs %. Note that Opera v/12.16 uses the old Presto engine, for which all development is frosen/ended. A good browser, but no good designing for/in it anymore. Download Opera 20+ that

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread Tom Livingston
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 9, 2014, at 12:05 PM, Shari wrote: > > If you use rem's it stays consistent from the body tag... correct? Correct. It is relative to the root. > > Shari > __ > css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-dis

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread Shari
If you use rem's it stays consistent from the body tag... correct? Shari __ 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 policie

Re: [css-d] Equal-length columns - display: table-cell OK?

2014-04-09 Thread David Hucklesby
On 4/9/14, 8:12 AM, Barney Carroll wrote: On 9 April 2014 16:00, Freelance Traveller wrote: First, is display: table-cell a viable solution for the layout issue? caniuse suggests that if I don't feel a need to support IE7 or earlier, I should be OK, but caniuse doesn't always tell the whole sto

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread Tim Climis
>How did you calculate 100% = 1em ? That's the definition in the spec. "On the 'font-size' property, [ems] refer to the computed font size of the parent element." So 1em equals the font-size of the parent element. And "[percentages] refer to inherited font-size." The inherited font size of an

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread Tom Livingston
On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Tim Climis wrote: >>> How did you calculate 100% = 1em ? >>> Mostly everyone used, including myself pixels for box sizing, I hope you > were referring to creating a DIV as in box sizing ? What do you mean by > "percentages are based on browser size" ? >>> (alt

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread Tim Climis
>> How did you calculate 100% = 1em ? >> Mostly everyone used, including myself pixels for box sizing, I hope you were referring to creating a DIV as in box sizing ? What do you mean by "percentages are based on browser size" ? >> >>> (although, it would be kind of fun if 100% resulted in letters

Re: [css-d] Equal-length columns - display: table-cell OK?

2014-04-09 Thread Barney Carroll
On 9 April 2014 16:00, Freelance Traveller wrote: > First, is display: table-cell a viable solution for the layout issue? > caniuse suggests that if I don't feel a need to support IE7 or earlier, > I should be OK, but caniuse doesn't always tell the whole story. > The special 'taken out of flow'

[css-d] Equal-length columns - display: table-cell OK?

2014-04-09 Thread Freelance Traveller
Currently, my website (Freelance Traveller, http://www.freelancetraveller.com) has slightly messy CSS to give the following appearance (view fixed font): ++ |Header | ++---+ |Nav |Content| |Menu| | ||

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread GJim
Howdy Crest, ~~~ Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 9:24:14 PM (USA 'Somewhere on-the-road time-zone'), you wrote the message that appears below. My reply appears here and/or interspersed within your message. ~~~ > Em are the best solution for font-sizes, from everything that I know. > Pixels I don't know

Re: [css-d] Firefox and page inflation

2014-04-09 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Apr 8, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2014-04-08 09:42 (GMT-0400) Tedd Sperling composed: > > Offlist. I don't think this qualifies as topical for css-d. > >> I would like to hear your thoughts/recommendations on Mobile >> devices for clarification and advice? > > I consider them

[css-d] CSS Joke

2014-04-09 Thread Crest Christopher
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Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
Le 9 avr. 2014 à 15:48, Karl DeSaulniers a écrit : > Looks like there are some exceptions. Have a look see... > There ARE a few that took on the browser width, but the majority stuck with > their parent. > > http://designdrumm.com/percentage_test.html 1. An element that is position: absolute

Re: [css-d] Font-Sizes - Golden Rule ?

2014-04-09 Thread MiB
apr 9 2014 08:48 Karl DeSaulniers : > Looks like there are some exceptions. Have a look see... > There ARE a few that took on the browser width, but the majority stuck with > their parent. > > http://designdrumm.com/percentage_test.html Which are the exceptions you mean? _