Re: [css-d] Tricky 3-col layout issue

2009-02-06 Thread Erika Meyer
David Hucklesby wrote: > On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:05:58 -0800, Erika Meyer wrote: >> A lot of work already done for you here: >> >> http://www.theholiergrail.com/ > > Hmm. Seems to be a work in progress. Using those links on the left > of the home page brings up a

Re: [css-d] Tricky 3-col layout issue

2009-02-06 Thread Erika Meyer
A lot of work already done for you here: http://www.theholiergrail.com/ Erika __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List po

Re: [css-d] Chrome an IE Clone?

2009-02-03 Thread Erika Meyer
Christopher R wrote: > I've been using Opera for a long time and I think it is a good browser but I > will be making a switch over to chrome. I have more of a statement > to make about Chrome when I tried the beta version (I know it's still lingers > to some extent as a beta) did it seem to any

Re: [css-d] Different looking site in different browsers?

2009-01-26 Thread Erika Meyer
Sarah Atkinson wrote: How important is it for a site to look exactly the same in different browsers? ... So do you think it would be ok to get away with this meeting in the middle? I figure most customers who look at the site on IE will always look at it on IE and the same goes for other browse

Re: [css-d] Alternative to table layout for border-image wi thout CSS‑3

2009-01-25 Thread Erika Meyer
Benct Philip Jonsson wrote: Awaiting browser support for CSS 3 border-image, can anyone suggest a good alternative to a table layout for faking the effect as on ? Why wait? It appears to be a personal si

Re: [css-d] Pragmatic look at our CSS future - ripped from: TheCSSOverlords

2009-01-23 Thread Erika Meyer
James Leslie wrote: I'd like to hear from one of these IT people who have held back our entire industry, and wasted everyone's money for so much time now. Exactly how long are you going to leave it before migrating this c...@ppy IE6-only application you've forced on everyone? Another month? A yea

Re: [css-d] What are your takes on more then one Stylesheet

2009-01-22 Thread Erika Meyer
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Type 2: "normal with variations". For sites that have layout variations - not necessarily major variations, I use one stylesheet for each variation. These are normally quite small/short stylesheets containing styles for the main source-code elements and other styles that are

Re: [css-d] Pragmatic look at our CSS future - ripped from: The CSS Overlords

2009-01-20 Thread Erika Meyer
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: The way toward change in web design trends is always by setting examples, especially high-profile examples. Know of any existing ones out here? Nothing brand new, but the "CSS designer" in me is inspired by: http://24ways.org/ http://csszengarden.com/ http://meyerweb.co

Re: [css-d] Pragmatic look at our CSS future - ripped from: The CSS Overlords

2009-01-19 Thread Erika Meyer
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > > There's a lot of freedom in CSS based design if one has a deep enough > understanding to release it, but the mental, and to some degree the > practical, barriers seem to be high. I would like to get a better > understanding of these barriers, in order to find more ways ar

Re: [css-d] The CSS Overlords

2009-01-17 Thread Erika Meyer
Hi Ron! Here's a short response: if you have not yet drank the w3c web-standards kool-aid, now's the time. Just do it. The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) http://www.w3.org/WAI/ should explain why you should avoid use tables for layout purposes. Here's a longer response: I empathize. I too

Re: [css-d] Background

2009-01-13 Thread Erika Meyer
David Dorward wrote: > 2009/1/13 Keith Kaiser : >> When setting the background in CSS can you set the image width at the >> same time? > > CSS currently provides no way to scale background images at all. > > I seem to recall CSS 3 is proposing something to make that possible, > but support isn't

Re: [css-d] best practices

2009-01-12 Thread Erika Meyer
Jack Timmons wrote: > I used @import for a while (it was a > phase, just like rolled pants legs and hair bands), Not really. The reason @import was used so heavily in the early 00's was because NN4x's interpretation of CSS was so horrible. So if you wanted NN4 to see a stylesheet, you'd link