Attribute selectors to provide language information
Attribute Selectors for International Web Sites Sébastien Guillon, recently wrote a post about using the CSS2 attribute selector and content rule to let visitors know what to expect when clicking on a...
View ArticleHacking to fix for IE7
I’ve played around with IE7 for a while, but haven’t really started debugging with it until now. Fortunately, I’ve already set up the site to use conditional comments and deliver an IE6.css file and a...
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Background image for visited links
I’ve been a recent convert to Design Meltdown. The site disects a visual theme and gives examples on how to use them and where they are being used. While exploring the latest post about sketches for...
View ArticleIE7 measuring sprites from bottom up?
I’m doing some IE7 hacking and was wondering what was going on with some of my sprites. They look fine in all of the browsers except IE7. For that lovely browser, I say with my teeth clinched, I’m...
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IE7 passes the sprite test
I came across an issue with Internet Explorer 7 beta displaying the rating stars incorrectly in Yahoo! Tech. After doing some testing, I realized the browser was measuring the sprite image from the...
View ArticleIE7 background sprite bug – the saga continues
I’ve been able to narrow down my problem with IE7b2 and background sprites. However, I still have not been able to create a stripped down test page that consistently mis-behaves. So my observations,...
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Image sprites – flexible and accessible packages
User generated ratings and reviews are an important part of all Yahoo! sites. You can find them on just about every page of Yahoo! Tech. It was important for us to develop a ratings presentation...
View ArticleProgressive enhancement of links using the CSS attribute selector
Attribute Selector Test Page We have avoided using CSS3 rules for too long. It’s been difficult to justify using rules that won’t work for a significant portion of our audience, Internet Explorer 7 and...
View ArticleAdding style to your rel attributes with CSS
View the finished example: Adding style to your rel link. There’s a little attribute in HTML links that is starting to get a bit of attention lately. The “rel” attribute is a sparsely defined attribute...
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