Archive for the category "css"

@media 2009

http://www.nicksmith.co.uk/blog/2009/07/24/media2009/

I volunteered for this year’s conference so I was there from 6am packing bags then later answering questions and just generally helping out where needed. I did manage to attend a few sessions so what follows is a brief… Read more »

6 million user website

http://www.nicksmith.co.uk/blog/2008/09/30/6-million-user-website/

Several years ago I remember taking part in an online survey somewhere on the BBC website. It was geared towards understanding what I, as a user, wanted to see in future developments. I made the effort to stop and take… Read more »

A week is a long time…

http://www.nicksmith.co.uk/blog/2007/12/14/a-week-is-a-long-time/

Time is pretty scarce, so here is a brief roundup of links/events/opinions that have come my way… If it didn’t make sense the title is a reference to a quote from Harold Wilson, it seemed fitting given Read more »

Does your screen reader read phone numbers properly?

http://www.nicksmith.co.uk/blog/2007/11/09/does-your-screen-reader-read-phone-numbers-properly/

I write this on the understanding that I don’t often get technical, so there may be glaring errors/omissions that you’re welcome to point out. Having recently looked at accessibility in Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) I started playing… Read more »

Extending the font-family

http://www.nicksmith.co.uk/blog/2007/08/30/extending-the-font-family/

A List Apart posted an article this week describing how fonts could and should be more exciting on the web. As a bonus, it links to two free font creators Ray Larabie and Dieter… Read more »

Blueprint your CSS

http://www.nicksmith.co.uk/blog/2007/08/08/blueprint-your-css/

Still a work in progress, Blueprint is a CSS framework that’s for the experienced designer who doesn’t want to always be reinventing the wheel, or the newbie who needs a helping hand to achieve great results. There’s been a… Read more »

Browser support for CSS3 and mobile Microformats

http://www.nicksmith.co.uk/blog/2007/07/23/browser-support-for-css3-and-mobile-microformats/

CSS Beauty spotted a comparison of CSS3 support in browsers based on webkit. Importantly, it shows that Safari on the iPhone is not the same as the PC and Mac versions. Speaking of new support, check out the Read more »

@media2007, day one

http://www.nicksmith.co.uk/blog/2007/06/25/media2007-day-one/

My brief notes from day one of the @media conference 2007. These are the sessions that I attended, I’ll hopefully link to podcasts as they become available, I’m also going to search out notes and presentation slides from the sessions… Read more »

CSS3

http://www.nicksmith.co.uk/blog/2007/01/23/css3/

Information on what Opera is currently working on to implement CSS3 in future versions of the browser, also a description of what each of the new selectors does:http://my.opera.com/dstorey/blog/show.dml/701902http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200601/css_3_selectors_explained/ Read more »