This one took me a little while to understand what the demo was really doing. It definitely is a nice little bit of polish and attention to details — making for a subtle, but nice effect in a slider gallery.
Funny enough, I like the little CSS-based gradient effect to make sure light text shows up on whatever background is utilized. I’ll actually utilize that a lot more than the tutorial as a whole.
Love this idea from David Walsh. Prefixes are the bane of CSS, and I love the idea of the web browser becoming the processor for CSS properties that it knows need prefixing.
The one complexity comes in with prefixes that change the syntax within the properties. This may be a case that only applies to older versions of IE (examples I’m thinking of are all old IE browsers). But auto prefixing would old help with new browsers going forward, unless I’m misunderstanding.
Autoprefix for older browsers would have to have a JS framework to work for older versions of browsers. Beyond that, I’m not seeing any reason why browsers going forward couldn’t and shouldn’t auto prefix.
Yay, no prefixes in the CSS! They seem pretty adamant about it. I really hope it works out well and becomes the standard to you know… use the standards.
Ah, isn’t it cool to see how far we’ve come? While there are still a fair amount of restrictions and browser compatibility, there are some cool things that can be done by combining some CSS with good ol’ jQuery.
Check this jQuery plugin out that allows a simple way to have curved text that’s actual text — and not a graphical representation of text. Love it — as long as it’s used sparingly and appropriately.
How to Curve Your Text Using CSS3 and jQuery – Arctext.js Responsive jQuery Plugin
This site touts itself as the ultimate CSS tools for web designers. I’m not sure it’s the ultimate, but the gradient generator, border radius and box shadow tools are nice for some quick CSS code when you’re mocking up or building a site.
This is pretty impressive — what a modern browser and just a bit of CSS (lots of transforms and some animation), HTML and a single image can do.
I’m embarrassedly inept with some of this accessibility stuff. Interesting read.
Been meaning to post this for awhile.
This is an interesting idea — not sure I’m on board with adding an http request just to motivate change down the road. That being said, it’s a neat concept, and possibly a good motivator.
Interesting article on magic numbers in your cascading style sheets. I had no idea what magic numbers referred to, but know the concept well.
I’m really surprised I’ve never posted about this utility on Keefr.com, and even more surprised I haven’t used it on a project. Need to use this soon.
