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Why You Should Deeply Nest Your CSS Selectors

Most developers, even experienced developers, don’t understand the value of deeply nesting CSS selectors. Although writing the same selectors over and over might seem redundant, it’s worth the extra effort. Your code will be better organized, easier to read, and more maintainable…
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The Demise of CSS: Why Sass and Languages Like it Will Triumph

Sass is essentially a programming language for designers. It is extremely limited when compared with other languages, but it does a magnificent job of translating the core concepts of a programming language in a way that makes sense for styling a document…
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Don’t Lose Your :focus

For many web designers, accessibility conjures up images of blind users with screenreaders, and the difficulties in making sites accessible to this particular audience. Of course, accessibility covers a wide range of situations that go beyond the extreme example of screenreader users. And while it’s true that making a complex site accessible can often be […]
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CSS Frameworks: Pros and Cons

A prefab CSS framework can be a great help or serious hindrance. This article will give proper coverage to both sides of the fence by looking at common arguments for and against using a CSS framework…
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Equal Height Columns – Companion Columns Method

The search for a technique that offers real equal height columns leads nowhere because we don’t have full vertical control in current CSS 2.1 implementations cross browser. The available techniques are simulations of columns: a repeated image displaying Faux Columns [Cederholm], columns made of borders [Livingstone], and variations. We couldn’t even fall back on a […]
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On Having Layout – The Concept of hasLayout in Internet Explorer

A lot of Internet Explorer’s rendering inconsistencies can be fixed by giving an element “layout”. John Gallant and Holly Bergevin classified these inconsistencies as “dimensional bugs” meaning that they can often be solved by applying a width or height. This leads to a question of why “layout” can change the rendering of and the relationships […]
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pseudo-class, pseudo-element, pseudo-CSS: IE bugs

This article is intended to summarize bugs and inconsistencies regarding pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes in IE6 and IE7…
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Is Your CSS Reset Doing More Harm Than Good?

You know the drill. Code the XHTML. Check. Validate. Check. Start the CSS style sheet with a reset. Che… Hold on there. Before you dump the latest and greatest CSS reset in your style sheet, you might want to think about what those style declarations actually do. If you’re resetting tags that aren’t in your […]
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5 Rules To Write More Readable CSS Files

Complex CSS files can often be difficult to manage especially if you don’t use a structured way to write and organize their code. In a previous post I already illustrated a methodic approach to CSS coding. This post illustrates five simple practical rules that can help you write well structured and more readable CSS files […]
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CSS Differences in Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8

This article will attempt to provide an exhaustive, easy-to-use reference for developers desiring to know the differences in CSS support for IE6, IE7 and IE8. This reference contains brief descriptions and compatibility for: Any item that is supported by one of the three browser versions, but not the other two Any item that is supported […]
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