Category Archives: CSS

When PNG color doesn’t match hex color in IE, smush.it!

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

I built a site for my cousin’s business. We used PNGs for some of the background images and it looked gorgeous (at least to me). Then one day she asked me why her site had those weird rectangles. I had … Continue reading →

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Input field and submit button on the same line, full width

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

For a mobile search, I wanted an input field next to a button. I wanted the button to fall to its natural width, and I wanted the input field to be 100% of the remaining width on the line. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in CSS, Mobile, UI programming | 5 Comments

How to Format Spoilers

Posted on November 27, 2010 by

As a film critic and a UI programmer, I’ve long thought about the perfect way to format spoilers. (A spoiler is some part of a movie review that gives away a secret or a surprise.) In print, critics give a … Continue reading →

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