Eric wrote:
Hi Phillip,
You ran Andy Clarke's site through the validator instead of trying to
understand how the REM unit (the thread's topic) is used in
CSS?! All I can say is that that's just a bit sad. Instead of trying to learn
something your first action is to try to discredit
Philippe,
(under example 25 for the width MQ – it applies equally to the REM unit)
Sure, that makes sense as long as a font-size has been set for the root element.
If there is no font-size set on the root element I'm not absolutely sure what
would be used but based on my testing of the REM
On 2013-01-25 13:37 (GMT-0500) Eric composed:
Sure, that makes sense as long as a font-size has been set for the root element.
If there is no font-size set on the root element I'm not absolutely sure what
would be used but based on my testing of the REM unit and UA default font-size
my
Le 26 janv. 2013 à 03:37, Eric e...@minerbits.com a écrit :
(under example 25 for the width MQ – it applies equally to the REM unit)
Sure, that makes sense as long as a font-size has been set for the root
element. If there is no font-size set on the root element I'm not absolutely
sure
Philippe,
It comes down to the value set by the UA stylesheet (in case of font-size,
usually the value set in the browser preferences, or the system preferences).
I knew I had read that somewhere. Thanks for clarifying it.
Thanks,
Eric
On January 25, 2013 at 8:07 PM Philippe Wittenbergh
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Eric e...@minerbits.com wrote:
Since I'm still in the process of getting to 'Pro level I can point you to
a tree Pro's site if you're interested in see how the REM unit is used: Is
Andy Clarke 'pro' enough for you?
His calls his site Stuff Nonsense I'm sure
David Laakso wrote:
re: Stuff Nonsense http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/
Yes, very nice. Thanks.
Shame that it is impossible to navigate the site in Android/2.3.6
[tapping the unicode symbol for navigation crashes the site, sending
the user back to the phones desktop]; and, employing
Perhaps a kind tweet or email to him (via contact links in the footer of
his site) might be helpful? I'm pretty sure Mr. Clarke isn't on this list.
At least not using his real name. I've never seen him post. He is, however,
pro enough in my book.
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Philip TAYLOR
Hello David,
I would assume the Andy checked his design and code on all available devices
since he's an industry leader in advocating such testing. I have no idea what's
going on with your Android device, but if I were to diagnose the issue I'd start
there. Besides, if what you describe has
Eric wrote:
I would assume the Andy checked his design and code on all available devices
since he's an industry leader in advocating such testing.
Testing can reveal only the presence of bugs, not their absence.
(Edsger Diskstra).
All the checking in the world is a waste of time if he
Looking through the validator output, i'd *guess* that the errors were
things that the ...experimental feature: HTML5 Conformance Checker
doesn't understand, such as vendor prefixes etc.
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Philip TAYLOR p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk wrote:
Eric wrote:
I would assume
Tom Livingston wrote:
Looking through the validator output, i'd *guess* that the errors were things
that the ...experimental feature: HTML5 Conformance
Checker doesn't understand, such as vendor prefixes etc.
In its HTML 5 mode, the validator is indeed an imperfect tool,
but in general it
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Eric e...@minerbits.com wrote:
I would assume the Andy checked his design and code on all available devices
since he's an industry leader in advocating such testing.
Eric,
re: stuffandnonsense.http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/
Nevertheless, the site -- as
David Laakso wrote:
Nevertheless, the site -- as previously stated -- has issues [crashing
the browser and a massive horizontal-scroll bar at +1] in
Android/2.3.6.
Crashing the browser asserts a causal relationahip that
has not been demonstrated to exist. If a browser crashes,
the browser
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Philip TAYLOR p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk wrote:
Tom Livingston wrote:
Looking through the validator output, i'd *guess* that the errors were
things that the ...experimental feature: HTML5 Conformance
Checker doesn't understand, such as vendor prefixes etc.
Tom Livingston wrote:
My point exactly. It's throwing an error, but for something that the
validator just doesn't understand and flags but is considered
by most to be OK to have in the styles.
Unless you are in the camp of no vendor prefixes ever and the like...
No,I am in the camp of
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Philip TAYLOR p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk wrote:
Tom Livingston wrote:
My point exactly. It's throwing an error, but for something that the
validator just doesn't understand and flags but is considered
by most to be OK to have in the styles.
Unless you are in
Tom Livingston wrote:
I am not arguing your point, but merely try to say (poorly) that the errors
the validator is flagging may not break the page.
Of course : I hope I did not appear to suggest otherwise.
Neither validity nor invalidity offer any guarantees of
behaviour, but a page that
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Philip TAYLOR p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk wrote:
Tom Livingston wrote:
I am not arguing your point, but merely try to say (poorly) that the
errors the validator is flagging may not break the page.
Of course : I hope I did not appear to suggest otherwise.
David,
Nevertheless, the site -- as previously stated -- has issues [crashing
the browser and a massive horizontal-scroll bar at +1] in
Android/2.3.6.
What does that have to do with developing an understanding of relative units in
CSS?
But, since you insist on changing the topic (which is
Hi Phillip,
You ran Andy Clarke's site through the validator instead of trying to understand
how the REM unit (the thread's topic) is used in CSS?! All I can say is that
that's just a bit sad. Instead of trying to learn something your first action is
to try to discredit the example I posted?!
Le 25 janv. 2013 à 14:04, Eric e...@minerbits.com a écrit :
What does that have to do with developing an understanding of relative units
in
CSS?
But, since you insist on changing the topic (which is usually done by those
who
don't understand the topic) let me just say….what the hell
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:04 AM, Eric e...@minerbits.com wrote:
David,
trim
So shall we go into more detail on the REM and other relative units or move
on to the next topic?
Eric
Neither. As for myself, I plan on taking in a good movie...
Best,
David Laakso
--
Chelsea Creek Studio
On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Eric e...@minerbits.com wrote:
I thought for the sake of beginners who might subscribe to this list we ought
to
discuss this in a new thread.
Eric
Since the mission of this list is the practical application of CSS,
rather than disusing it, how about
well David,
Since I'm still in the process of getting to 'Pro level I can point you to a
tree Pro's site if you're interested in see how the REM unit is used: Is Andy
Clarke 'pro' enough for you?
His calls his site Stuff Nonsense http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/ I'm
sure you know the name.
On 2013-01-19 14:49 (GMT-0500) Eric composed:
On 2013-01-14 17:00 (GMT-0500) Felix Miata composed:
users with competent UAs can avoid the need to apply zoom to restore some
legibility, at least potentially, via a user stylesheet containing the
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