Re: [css-d] Inappropriate uses of CSS3

2012-02-24 Thread Paceaux
Thanks Vince, David, Barney, and others for your constructive thoughts and suggestions. I would think this is certainly the best forum to discuss when and why we use certain CSS3 features. I didn't consider Mr. Laasko's response to be a slide against my designs at all. We're all professionals

Re: [css-d] Inappropriate uses of CSS3

2012-02-19 Thread Barney Carroll
Hiya Frank, One of the things that really irritated me when browser started supporting text-shadow was those clever clogs who figured out how to use a lighter colour outset and a darker colour inset shadow to produce an engraved effect on all their body text. I suspect most of these people were

Re: [css-d] Inappropriate uses of CSS3

2012-02-19 Thread Ghodmode
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Barney Carroll barney.carr...@gmail.com wrote: ... Elliot Jay Stocks' idea of transitioning all layout metrics on viewport resize [1] is definitely a fun trick, but in practice the effect is neither conducive to better user experience nor aesthetically

Re: [css-d] Inappropriate uses of CSS3

2012-02-19 Thread david
On 02/19/2012 04:58 AM, Ghodmode wrote: On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Barney Carroll barney.carr...@gmail.com wrote: ... Elliot Jay Stocks' idea of transitioning all layout metrics on viewport resize [1] is definitely a fun trick, but in practice the effect is neither conducive to better

Re: [css-d] Inappropriate uses of CSS3

2012-02-18 Thread Ghodmode
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 5:14 PM, David Laakso laakso.davi...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Paceaux pace...@madebypaceaux.com wrote:  Howdy all,\  I'm writing a blog post on inappropriate or tacky uses of CSS3./trimmed --- Oh, my... how easy. Try writing a blog post

[css-d] Inappropriate uses of CSS3

2012-02-17 Thread Paceaux
Howdy all, I'm writing a blog post on inappropriate or tacky uses of CSS3. The title of the post is actually, Treat your CSS3 like a lady, not a one-night stand. So far, these are the topics I've thought of addressing: text and box shadows making things illegible or distracting opacity and

Re: [css-d] Inappropriate uses of CSS3

2012-02-17 Thread David Laakso
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Paceaux pace...@madebypaceaux.com wrote: Howdy all,\ I'm writing a blog post on inappropriate or tacky uses of CSS3./trimmed --- Oh, my... how easy. Try writing a blog post on appropriate uses of CSS3. And live up to it on your own site... Best, ~d PS Do you

Re: [css-d] Inappropriate uses of CSS3

2012-02-17 Thread bill scheider
Ouch :) On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 5:14 PM, David Laakso laakso.davi...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Paceaux pace...@madebypaceaux.com wrote: Howdy all,\ I'm writing a blog post on inappropriate or tacky uses of CSS3./trimmed --- Oh, my... how easy. Try writing a