Archive for June 2011
Don’t Minify on the Fly
In the name of speeding up your site you may hear that minifying your CSS is both awesome and easy. I’ll agree that it’s very easy, and in the name of speed I can concede a bit to the awesomeness. But if you’re using @media or @font-face in your stylesheets, be wary of automatic minifying…
Read MoreResponsive Web Design – The Book
A Book Apart released Responsive Web Design today and I picked up a copy. I’m excited to get a better understanding of the whole responsive web picture – but I’m especially interested in hearing Ethan’s ideas on flexible grids and images (an area I’m still foggy about). I’ve read two other A Book Apart releases…
Read MoreDesigning for Mobile First
I’ve recently been involved in a project with a company who had interest in my work with mobile design with media queries. Before I began we talked what tools we wanted to use to create clean, lean code that worked across as many devices as possible. I of course suggested using HTML5 Boilerplate as they…
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