Comments for DontTrustThisGuy.com http://donttrustthisguy.com Why not take my word for it? Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:36:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on The Art and Zen of Writing CSS by David Oliver http://donttrustthisguy.com/2010/03/07/the-art-and-zen-of-writing-css/comment-page-1/#comment-7202 David Oliver Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:36:56 +0000 http://donttrustthisguy.com/?p=391#comment-7202 Spot on!I'm currently in the process of settling on guidelines for my usage of CSScaffold. Certain abilities it gives you can result in less than optimum CSS, but if you limit your usage of its features and only use when appropriate the approaches you outline can still be adhered to. Spot on!I’m currently in the process of settling on guidelines for my usage of CSScaffold. Certain abilities it gives you can result in less than optimum CSS, but if you limit your usage of its features and only use when appropriate the approaches you outline can still be adhered to.

]]> Comment on The Art and Zen of Writing CSS by Martin Kulakowski http://donttrustthisguy.com/2010/03/07/the-art-and-zen-of-writing-css/comment-page-1/#comment-7200 Martin Kulakowski Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:29:12 +0000 http://donttrustthisguy.com/?p=391#comment-7200 Right on, Jim! All excellent tips, thanks for sharing! Right on, Jim! All excellent tips, thanks for sharing!

]]> Comment on The Art and Zen of Writing CSS by Ian Parr http://donttrustthisguy.com/2010/03/07/the-art-and-zen-of-writing-css/comment-page-1/#comment-7197 Ian Parr Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:01:13 +0000 http://donttrustthisguy.com/?p=391#comment-7197 Nice to hear an approach which is familiar to me. Good article, I wish I'd started with this approach back in the day. These attitudes and, particularly, the Meyer reset have made the CSS work I do easier and more simple. Nice to hear an approach which is familiar to me. Good article, I wish I’d started with this approach back in the day. These attitudes and, particularly, the Meyer reset have made the CSS work I do easier and more simple.

]]> Comment on The Art and Zen of Writing CSS by Dan Ritz http://donttrustthisguy.com/2010/03/07/the-art-and-zen-of-writing-css/comment-page-1/#comment-7196 Dan Ritz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:37:53 +0000 http://donttrustthisguy.com/?p=391#comment-7196 Awesome. I'm totally stealing the "keep our CSS clean" chunk of code with some additions. I'm also still undecided about the reset (or base) and will read up on Snook and Jens articles. I'm guessing I'll rework it into a cleaner base.css.I love the articles that are more about practical ways to think about CSS. There's plenty of general tips and tricks. This is much more valuable and probably way more difficult to write.Thanks and high-five! Awesome. I’m totally stealing the “keep our CSS clean” chunk of code with some additions. I’m also still undecided about the reset (or base) and will read up on Snook and Jens articles. I’m guessing I’ll rework it into a cleaner base.css.I love the articles that are more about practical ways to think about CSS. There’s plenty of general tips and tricks. This is much more valuable and probably way more difficult to write.Thanks and high-five!

]]> Comment on The Art and Zen of Writing CSS by Jim Jeffers http://donttrustthisguy.com/2010/03/07/the-art-and-zen-of-writing-css/comment-page-1/#comment-7183 Jim Jeffers Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:15:45 +0000 http://donttrustthisguy.com/?p=391#comment-7183 <p><a href="http://donttrustthisguy.com/2010/03/07/the-art-and-zen-of-writing-css/#comment-7182" rel="nofollow">@Andy Ford</a></p><p>Thanks Andy! I've updated the link to point to the most current reset CSS.</p> @Andy Ford

Thanks Andy! I’ve updated the link to point to the most current reset CSS.

]]> Comment on The Art and Zen of Writing CSS by Andy Ford http://donttrustthisguy.com/2010/03/07/the-art-and-zen-of-writing-css/comment-page-1/#comment-7182 Andy Ford Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:55:09 +0000 http://donttrustthisguy.com/?p=391#comment-7182 Very nice food-for-thought for CSS beginners. I've been getting a designer colleague get up to speed on CSS, and this will come in handy.One nit to pick: Eric Meyer updated his reset CSS over two years ago now <a href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/index.html</a>. You might find it a little more stable than the outdated reset reloaded version. Very nice food-for-thought for CSS beginners. I’ve been getting a designer colleague get up to speed on CSS, and this will come in handy.One nit to pick: Eric Meyer updated his reset CSS over two years ago now http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/index.html. You might find it a little more stable than the outdated reset reloaded version.

]]> Comment on The Art and Zen of Writing CSS by Misael http://donttrustthisguy.com/2010/03/07/the-art-and-zen-of-writing-css/comment-page-1/#comment-7180 Misael Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:09:15 +0000 http://donttrustthisguy.com/?p=391#comment-7180 I have a bad habit of relying on order of appearance in my style sheets but am trying to break myself of it. Thanks for the helpful tips, good read. I have a bad habit of relying on order of appearance in my style sheets but am trying to break myself of it. Thanks for the helpful tips, good read.

]]> Comment on The Art and Zen of Writing CSS by Jim Jeffers http://donttrustthisguy.com/2010/03/07/the-art-and-zen-of-writing-css/comment-page-1/#comment-7179 Jim Jeffers Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:14:55 +0000 http://donttrustthisguy.com/?p=391#comment-7179 <p><a href="http://donttrustthisguy.com/2010/03/07/the-art-and-zen-of-writing-css/#comment-7178" rel="nofollow">@John C. Bland II</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Thanks for removing my fear of being crazy.</p></blockquote> <p>Nope - you're definitely not crazy :)</p> @John C. Bland II:

Thanks for removing my fear of being crazy.

Nope – you’re definitely not crazy :)

]]> Comment on The Art and Zen of Writing CSS by John C. Bland II http://donttrustthisguy.com/2010/03/07/the-art-and-zen-of-writing-css/comment-page-1/#comment-7178 John C. Bland II Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:05:26 +0000 http://donttrustthisguy.com/?p=391#comment-7178 Dude...write a book! Ok, I already told you that on Twitter but I had to repeat it for Google. ;-)Ok, this article makes me feel normal again. I always hark to CSS developers on projects, as you may recall my "rules" from previous gigs together, to write reusable CSS. Many see it as a burden and groan but as a web developer it allows me to free-flow with the markup and apply styles as needed.Thanks for removing my fear of being crazy. :-) Dude…write a book! Ok, I already told you that on Twitter but I had to repeat it for Google. ;-) Ok, this article makes me feel normal again. I always hark to CSS developers on projects, as you may recall my “rules” from previous gigs together, to write reusable CSS. Many see it as a burden and groan but as a web developer it allows me to free-flow with the markup and apply styles as needed.Thanks for removing my fear of being crazy. :-)

]]> Comment on The Art and Zen of Writing CSS by Jim Jeffers http://donttrustthisguy.com/2010/03/07/the-art-and-zen-of-writing-css/comment-page-1/#comment-7177 Jim Jeffers Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:33:11 +0000 http://donttrustthisguy.com/?p=391#comment-7177 <p><a href="http://donttrustthisguy.com/2010/03/07/the-art-and-zen-of-writing-css/#comment-7170" rel="nofollow">@Adam F</a></p><p>Thanks Adam! Yes - you are absolutely right. Designers should take the time to denote a plan on how they intend to express a design in markup prior to coding the CSS let alone the HTML markup (which everyone should be doing before writing styles - if not wouldn't you be psychic?)</p> @Adam F

Thanks Adam! Yes – you are absolutely right. Designers should take the time to denote a plan on how they intend to express a design in markup prior to coding the CSS let alone the HTML markup (which everyone should be doing before writing styles – if not wouldn’t you be psychic?)

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