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Gecko 1.8: Bye-bye printed float bug!
March 29, 2005 | 6 Comments
From Gecko 1.8 For Web Developers: Columns (via: Anne):
In particular some huge issues involving floats breaking across columns have been fixed. Since we use the same code for page layout as for columns, this also means a lot of problems with printing (and print previewing) pages with floats have been fixed
Hopefully this means that floated elements (read: columns) will be continued on the next page, as they should, instead of disappearing into some kind of magical void.
The article referenced above contains some very interesting CSS news regarding columns — go check it out! It looks like Firefox 1.1 is really going to up the stakes in the CSS 2.1 compliance field. Opera and Mozilla are certainly the driving forces at the moment, though I don’t doubt the Safari team are working hard to stay in the game.
Permalink for “Gecko 1.8: Bye-bye printed float bug!”The Acid Test Challenge
March 17, 2005 | 6 Comments
By now you’ve probably read this elsewhere — Opera have challenged MS to a CSS comformance duel. The old acid test was first passed by IE mac, yet somehow I have my doubts that IE will take the title this time ‘round.
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February 8, 2005 | 31 Comments
Lea and Gary are going to kill me for leaving it this late, but here goes…
Wednesday, 9th of February (tomorrow!!!), I’m giving a presentation to the Brisbane Web Standards Group entitled ‘Site in an Hour — Making Complex CSS Layouts’.
If you’re in the area, why don’t you come along? I’d really like to make it more of a group discussion/brain storm than just myself standing at the front of the room blathering on like a nerd.
If you do intend on coming, RSVP NOW, while you still can.
For those interested but unable to attend, the S5 presentation and the example site will be online by the end of the week.
Permalink for “A CSS Presentation? Me?”Westciv Template Competition
November 3, 2004 | 7 Comments
Westciv have just announced the results of their CSS template competition. While my entry didn’t take out any of the three categories it was entered in (’no-images’, ‘print’ and ‘handheld’) it did score me a free copy of their Style Master software! I knew I should have bought John a drink after the WSG meeting 
. To be honest, I’ve never tried it; but if it increases my efficiency while creating new designs I’ll become a vocal supporter of their product. I’d like to take this opportunity to publicly thank John and Maxine and wish them all the best with the upcoming release of Style Master 4 — the fact that they are an Australian company pushing the uptake of standards is all the more reason for me to wish them success!
Global White Space Reset
October 19, 2004 | 46 Comments
The simple technique of resetting all margins and padding that I mentioned almost a fortnight ago has recently created far more discussion than any previous journal entry. After reading some differing opinions via the original post’s comments, email and the WSG list I think it would be appropriate to take a closer look and cover these points in some detail.
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