Re: [css-d] Hosted, Site-Specific User Stylesheet

2007-10-04 Thread Jason Das
Jason Karns wrote: I've had this idea brewing in my head for a while now concerning user style sheets and I thought I'd run it by the list and get some feedback on the idea. This is a neat idea. I have no input at all on the technical side of things, but usability-wise I would love to see

Re: [css-d] list style with images

2007-09-28 Thread Jason Das
This first one uses list, while the second one uses table.. I want to know how to get the table-based look using list... adding this may get you started ... #content ul li { clear: both; padding-top: .5em; } best, jason -- http://jasondas.com

Re: [css-d] Use or not to use Css to layout form components

2007-09-26 Thread Jason Das
I think the Css approach for forms very difficult to implement for complex forms :-( Sometimes difficult things are worth doing anyway. Once you do a few, it gets easier! Complex sets of nested tables are pretty hard, too, as I recall. I highly recommend writing out forms in very clear and

[css-d] suckerfish issues in IE6

2007-09-25 Thread Jason Das
I put a Son of Suckerfish menu as the top menu of this site: http://www.alpinist.com/ ( And here's the homepage for SoS menus: http://www.htmldog.com/ articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/ ) My menu behaves fine in all the browsers that matter except IE6. In IE6, the dropdowns appear, but do not

[css-d] suckerfish issues in IE6

2007-09-25 Thread Jason Das
I put a Son of Suckerfish menu as the top menu of this site: http://www.alpinist.com/ ( And here's the homepage for SoS menus: http://www.htmldog.com/ articles/suckerfish/dropdowns/ ) My menu behaves fine in all the browsers that matter except IE6. In IE6, the dropdowns appear, but do not

Re: [css-d] Are table-based layouts still needed

2007-09-06 Thread Jason Das
After years of css+standards+tables must diepurity I started using tables again for certain specific layout issues. I tend to favor less code. So if I can do something instantly with a table that would take many extra lines of containing blocks and css, (not to mention extra math and

Re: [css-d] Safari form input height

2007-08-27 Thread Jason Das
On Aug 24, 2007, at 12:49 AM, WEZ! wrote: I've looked in vain for some kind of CSS hack that would target Safari 2 but not Safari 3. Any ideas? Only thing I can recommend is finding the largest line height in a browsers and formatting the areas for that sizedd browsers. Adjusting line

Re: [css-d] Now why we want to use strong instead of b?

2007-08-27 Thread Jason Das
(However, note that b and i are *not* deprecated and are fine to use when we do not MEAN strong or emphasis. For example it is proper to use i for the title of a magazine article, or for foreign terms. In these cases we use italics not to suggest stress, but just because that is

[css-d] Safari form input height

2007-08-23 Thread Jason Das
I'm having a problem with the search box at the top of this page: http://dev.alp1.deasil.com/ It renders just fine in FF, IE, and Safari 3 (and the nightly build of Webkit) but is wrong in Safari 2. In Safari 2, the input #topnavsearchq is too tall, and breaks through the bottom boundary of

Re: [css-d] Safari form input height

2007-08-23 Thread Jason Das
On Aug 23, 2007, at 10:48 AM, Nick Fitzsimons wrote: Safari 2 doesn't really support much in the way of styling for form elements. Note that (contrary to some people's beliefs) it is acting entirely in accordance with the spec in this: Fair enough. I guess I'm really open to any ideas that