I fell in love with Modernizr the moment I set eyes on it. I was irreversibly enraptured when html5shiv was added to it. One issue I have with Modernizr, though, is that is tests lots of features that I don’t … Continue reading
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Practical CSS3: What You Can Use Today and How to Do It. Everywhere.
For the past few weeks I’ve been tinkering with what CSS3 we can use today, via not-too-intrusive methods. I did NOT try each and every third-party option out there. Instead I focused on finding solid methods that worked in IE6/7/8, … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
It’s been quite some time, so let’s get right to it… I know it’s not my birthday or anything, but if I had a cake with a few candles on it, I would wish for the same vacation (non-)policy that … Continue reading
Modernizr on the Server-Side?
Am still reading up on this, but am wondering if anyone has any thoughts/findings on this? https://github.com/jamesgpearce/modernizr-server Seems like a great way to lighten the load on the client and push only the content/elements that are usable to your users… … Continue reading
Fonts, Fonts, Everywhere, But Not a Font in Use…
Okay, brief Iron Maiden reference out of the way, now to the action… A brief note: I will be using the term “common font” to mean anything you can typically rely on to already be on a user’s computer (Helvetica, … Continue reading
What’s the Best Way to… Use CSS3 Today
Update: I’ve actually built-out a BUNCH of pages using some of the options below showing examples of stuff that works across all browsers, right here, right now, in this current century… Check it out: https://aarontgrogg.com/practicalcss3/ The title of this post … Continue reading
Solving the Problem with Background-Images and Print CSS
A client recently brought to my attention an issue that I always said I was going to look into more closely, but somehow just never really got around to it: print CSS. We all know we should be doing it, … Continue reading
Bye-Bye Keyboard!
I can’t say I’ll miss you all that much, but we have spent a lot of time together. In fact, the very first PC I had a chance to actually play with used Windows 3.1. And it had no mouse… … Continue reading
Non-Contextually-Speaking Has Moved
If you’re at all clever, you’ve no doubt noticed that this is not non-contextually-speaking.com. I have moved my blog to my old namesake URL, aarontgrogg.com. If you’ve been following non-contextually-speaking.com via an RSS Reader, now would be a good time … Continue reading
Does eCSStender Make CSS3 Work in ALL Browsers?
Still writing CSS hacks for IE6? Wish you could reliably use things like div.firstclass.secondclass{…}, box-shadow, border-radius, rgba, opacity, transforms and transitions? Then maybe you should have a look at eCSStender (I assume that’s supposed to be pronounced “extender”?) and the … Continue reading