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"Why is IE still relevant?" Good question.
I know we can accomplish a lot more by not waiting around for IE (and Microsoft) to get its act together, but here’s yet another reason web designers and developers are in a rut.
Automatic numbering with CSS Counters
When writing documents, it is often useful to number sections and have a table of contents. You can number these by hand, directly in the markup, but this can be time consuming if the order changes and you have to edit all the numbers. CSS2.1 gives us a automated way to generate numbers using CSS counters, and this article will walk you through how to use them.
Smarter CSS using an adjacent selector
A short description of the use of adjacent sibling selectors.
CSS Systems for writing maintainable CSS
A CSS System is a reusable set of content-oriented markup patterns and associated CSS created to express a site’s individual design. It is the end result of a process that emphasizes up-front planning, loose coupling between CSS and markup, pre-empting browser bugs and overall robustness.
Focus form field onload, but keep Backspace key intact
A lot of websites try to help you by auto-focusing on an input field on pageload, so you can start typing right away. Except of course that I always use the Backspace key to move back in my history. By focusing on a form field you’re essentially disabling some fundamental browser functionality.
Animated navigation items using jQuery
Creating accessible, image replacement, animated rollovers for navigation elements using jQuery.
When Will Pixels Become Obsolete?
No matter how many EM’s or percentages we use in our design, we are still locked down with pixels for images and screen sizes. For how much longer?
A Nice Little CSS Positioning Technique
This technique is not particularly difficult, nor is it massively new and revolutionary, but I see a lot of people achieving similar results in spectacularly longwinded ways.
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