+1 to your concerns too Lachie, I'd love to see some way of automatically cherry-picking the bits of blueprint that I was using, rather than using the whole thing. Or something along those lines.
C On 17/06/2009, at 3:53 PM, Lachie wrote: > > I used compass for the latest faces.rubyoceania.org iteration. > > Its *hella* nicer to use from my end, but I know that basically all > the cascadingness of CSS is overridden by Compass's generation of > semantic classes. I worry slightly about the size of the CSS being > generated. > > Ultimately I've elected not to be a perfectionist when it comes to > CSS, a "technology" I've only ever had a tenuous grasp of. I can then > direct my hand-wringing to other areas where its more likely to bear > fruit, like getting more sleep. > > In other words, if you're a Ruby developer it'll make perfect sense to > you. If you're a CSS person you'll be shocked and sickened. That's > just the way it is. > > If you're Lachlan Hardy you'll probably be torn by the whole thing. > > :lachie > http://smartbomb.com.au > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lachie/ > > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Daniel N<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Cameron Barrie <[email protected] >> > >> wrote: >>> >>> From the 960 front page: >>> >>> <div class="container_12"> >>> <div class="grid_7 prefix_1"> >>> >>> >>> <div class="grid_2 alpha"> >>> ... >>> </div> >>> <div class="grid_3"> >>> ... >>> </div> >>> <div class="grid_2 omega"> >>> >>> >>> ... >>> </div> >>> </div> >>> <div class="grid_3 suffix_1"> >>> ... >>> </div> >>> >>> >>> </div> >>> >>> That's exactly the problem, but using compass/sass you can mix >>> those grid_2 alpha classes into your own class such as >>> introduction, meaning >>> you can be more semantic, but still get the benefits of 960 if you >>> want it. >> >> Nice :D :D >> >> Thanx for pointing this out lads :D I'm going to look a lot harder >> into >> compas now! >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 17/06/2009, at 3:20 PM, Daniel N wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Dan Cheail <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It's not SASS that makes / prevents these from being semantic. >>>>> It's >>>>> the fact that by using a "Css framework" you're effectively >>>>> putting >>>>> style information into your markup. >>>> >>>> You realise that DIV and SPAN (and the id and class attributes) >>>> aren't >>>> semantically significant, and are there simply to provide general- >>>> purpose structure? For example... >>>> >>>> <div class="column half left"> >>>> <h1>Important Heading.</h1> >>>> <p class="introduction">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur >>>> adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et >>>> dolore >>>> magna aliqua.</p> >>>> >>>> <blockquote> >>>> Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris >>>> nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. >>>> </blockquote> >>>> >>>> <p>Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse >>>> cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat >>>> cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit >>>> anim >>>> id est laborum.</p> >>>> >>>> </div> >>>> >>>> ... is still semantically rich, correct HTML. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dan Cheail >>>> Chief Geek, Codeape. >>>> phone: 0402 114 697 >>>> web: http://codeape.net >>> >>> From the 960 front page: >>> >>> <div class="container_12"> >>> <div class="grid_7 prefix_1"> >>> >>> <div class="grid_2 alpha"> >>> ... >>> </div> >>> <div class="grid_3"> >>> ... >>> </div> >>> <div class="grid_2 omega"> >>> >>> >>> ... >>> </div> >>> </div> >>> <div class="grid_3 suffix_1"> >>> ... >>> </div> >>> >>> >>> </div> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
