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CSS Grid: It's Time to Take a Serious Look

9 points by beards 9y ago

ztoben 9y ago
I don't mean to come across as rude, but I don't really understand the point of this article. I thought maybe it would be a guide to learning CSS grid, but all it's saying is that we should go out and learn it ourselves. And then you only link two resources. Maybe I'm just missing something.
- beards 9y ago
  Not rude at all! Thanks for commenting. I've spoken to devs who haven't taken the time to learn this tech due to its initial lack of browser support as well as not knowing what's beneficial about CSS Grid. The post is geared toward them.
onion2k 9y ago
If you write a blog post about CSS Grid without linking to the work of Rachel Andrews (https://gridbyexample.com/ https://gridbyexample.com/) or Jen Simmons (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7TizprGknbDalbHplROtag https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7TizprGknbDalbHplROtag) then you've missed a huge opportunity to help your readers.
- beards 9y ago
  Wow, thank you for pointing out these resources! Definitely looks beneficial.
rashthedude 9y ago
The most useless post in the history of HN.
- beards 9y ago
  I'm sorry you feel that way. Thanks for commenting and have a great day :)
throwaway2016a 9y ago
While they link to CanIUse (great site) to make the point it is supported by almost all browsers... it is still only 87.56%. Which for most of the products I work on means extra work to make sure the layout degrades gracefully in those browsers. While as long as your stakeholders don't mind that it looks completely different (but conveys the same meaning) on old browsers it is not "too" difficult. The lack of polyfill makes degrading to look identical us impractical. The article should at least mention that. All in all I agree with some other posters. This article has about as much value added as a tweet. And you would rarely see a tweet on hacker news. That's not to say it it shouldn't exist. I love tweets, just not on HN. Great article on the subject: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/11/css-grid-supporting-browsers-without-grid/ https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/11/css-grid-supporting... Edit: To beard since apparently this is self posted. I noticed you've been posting a lot of your own articles. I appreciate your involvement in Hacker News. Generally it is frowned upon to post your own articles unless it is a "Show HN" post. You would have more impact if you focused on quality over quantity.
- beards 9y ago
  I appreciate the insight! I'm a noob to HN so I'll definitely post "Show HN" in the future. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
  - throwaway2016a 9y ago
    Welcome to Hacker News! Show HN is more for projects, startups, and stuff like that. Blog posts shouldn't use that title. What I was saying is self-promoted blog posts usually shouldn't be posted at all. Most content on HN is here because someone found something they found intellectually interesting and wanted to share it. Self-posted content rarely gets front-paged. But, with that said, there are exceptions. I don't want to discourage you from writing and blogging and all that good stuff! The community ultimately decides if something is frontpage worthy. I'm just one voice :)

9 points by beards 9y ago

I don't mean to come across as rude, but I don't really understand the point of this article. I thought maybe it would be a guide to learning CSS grid, but all it's saying is that we should go out and learn it ourselves. And then you only link two resources. Maybe I'm just missing something.

beards 9y ago
Not rude at all! Thanks for commenting. I've spoken to devs who haven't taken the time to learn this tech due to its initial lack of browser support as well as not knowing what's beneficial about CSS Grid. The post is geared toward them.

onion2k 9y ago

If you write a blog post about CSS Grid without linking to the work of Rachel Andrews (https://gridbyexample.com/ https://gridbyexample.com/) or Jen Simmons (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7TizprGknbDalbHplROtag https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7TizprGknbDalbHplROtag) then you've missed a huge opportunity to help your readers.

beards 9y ago
Wow, thank you for pointing out these resources! Definitely looks beneficial.

rashthedude 9y ago

The most useless post in the history of HN.

beards 9y ago
I'm sorry you feel that way. Thanks for commenting and have a great day :)

throwaway2016a 9y ago

While they link to CanIUse (great site) to make the point it is supported by almost all browsers... it is still only 87.56%. Which for most of the products I work on means extra work to make sure the layout degrades gracefully in those browsers. While as long as your stakeholders don't mind that it looks completely different (but conveys the same meaning) on old browsers it is not "too" difficult. The lack of polyfill makes degrading to look identical us impractical. The article should at least mention that. All in all I agree with some other posters. This article has about as much value added as a tweet. And you would rarely see a tweet on hacker news. That's not to say it it shouldn't exist. I love tweets, just not on HN. Great article on the subject: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/11/css-grid-supporting-browsers-without-grid/ https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/11/css-grid-supporting... Edit: To beard since apparently this is self posted. I noticed you've been posting a lot of your own articles. I appreciate your involvement in Hacker News. Generally it is frowned upon to post your own articles unless it is a "Show HN" post. You would have more impact if you focused on quality over quantity.

beards 9y ago
I appreciate the insight! I'm a noob to HN so I'll definitely post "Show HN" in the future. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
- throwaway2016a 9y ago
  Welcome to Hacker News! Show HN is more for projects, startups, and stuff like that. Blog posts shouldn't use that title. What I was saying is self-promoted blog posts usually shouldn't be posted at all. Most content on HN is here because someone found something they found intellectually interesting and wanted to share it. Self-posted content rarely gets front-paged. But, with that said, there are exceptions. I don't want to discourage you from writing and blogging and all that good stuff! The community ultimately decides if something is frontpage worthy. I'm just one voice :)