design and development for the web
I was trouble-shooting a friend's DOM-Script the other day. It consisted of a form select element that was working in Firefox, but not in Explorer.
"Suprise, surprise," was my first thought. But, actually... Explorer had the correct behavior. For once.
Still using div id's like "header", "footer", "left_bar", "right_bar", "sidebar", and so on? Then, you need to read on.
Division ID's like the ones listed above are about as dead as using table layouts. I can say it in a nutshell, but it doesn't seem like designers really understand what's going on...
I had this great idea to test out relative units. What if you defined the body's font-size based off of the window's width (or height). So, now you've got a dynamic font-size setting for the body tag... big deal, right? Absolutely!
With a little DOM-Scripting, some creative CSS, and a little elbow grease, we can make a fully scalable page!
Bulletproof Ajax by Jeremy Keith. Great concepts dealing with browser compatibility, graceful degradation, and accessibility.
Transcending CSS by Andy Clark. A design-oriented development book filled with influential code.
Bulletproof Web Design by Dan Cederholm contains guidelines to help prepare for worst-case scenarios.
the Zen of CSS design by Dave Shea and Molly E. Holzschlag. Based on the CSS Zen Garden.
Thinking With Type by Ellen Lupton. An overview on type, text, and layout. Great for beginners with type.© iedonnie.com. All Rights Reserved.