Tag: css3

Notes on mobile design

The option bubbles on Reddit mobile. Borrows a UI element common on android.
Posted May 13, 2010 in Devices, Web development by Paradox

Mobile web design is different than desktop web design. Different screen sizes, input devices, are difficulties that designers must work with. But designers are also presented with a set of powerful tools; tools they cant use on a desktop, for various reasons.

This article is a series of observations I have made wile working on reddit mobile.

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Flaws in the W3C’s working draft on print

printer
Posted February 2, 2010 in CSS by Paradox

Recently, I designed a [[print stylesheet]] for this site. In doing so, I became quite friendly with the W3C’s stylesheet working draft. Most of this draft is well thought out, but here was one section that seemed very poorly drafted; the section on page-margin content.

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Developing an image free design

css_blur
Posted January 27, 2010 in CSS, HTML by Paradox

With modern CSS properties like gradient, border-radius, and box-shadow, you don’t need images to make a compelling and beautiful website. While you may argue that none of these properties are supported in IE, some actually are (more on this in a bit), and, as for a beautiful web said, Keep calm and carry on (with HTML5)

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