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by chriseppstein 17y ago
Great post! I feel exactly the same way. But one thing I do think I have (and you do too, obviously) is taste. I can look at my code and see it as good or bad (most of the time bad). That means I can keep striving to make it good. And my ey
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
I'm reminded of folks who use IDEs that "help" them remember APIs via autocomplete dropdowns. It speeds them up initially but eventually leaves them completely dependent on their tool and incapable of writing code on their own. External kno
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
Nope. But you can go read the source code: http://github.com/nex3/haml/blob/master/lib/sass/script/func...
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
Thanks! The theming aspects of compass-colors will continue to exist after 2.4 is released. I'm very pleased to see these functions merged into the sass core. They're very useful. That said, Nathan did a ton of work to make these functions
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Powerful Color Manipulation with Sass(nex-3.com)
22 points by chriseppstein 17y ago|4 comments
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
This is negligence; plain and simple. Users have a right to expect web service providers to keep their private information secure with basic industry standards. Someone should sue them and set a precedent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prod
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
I'm always a bit surprised whenever I hear that /. is still running. I'm sure they're still a very successful site, but it's been like, forever. Aren't they bored?
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
Looks like an awesome web framework. Rails blew my mind when I first learned it, but over the course of the last two years the various warts and inconsistencies have become apparent. I look forward to learning this new web framework that is
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
You know what's funny: I know of several design firms that are using sass to generate their css and they deliver the generated CSS to their client without ever telling them that they used sass to make their development process faster. If th
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
I'm sorry if you took offense. Your arguments are valid ones -- they are borne of wisdom over time that makes you more risk averse. Early adopters throw this kind of caution to the wind because they see promise and are looking for a competi
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
You're not what we call an "early adopter".
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
Like this: http://github.com/chriseppstein/compass/tree/master/lib/comp... Many of the CSS3 attributes are here today in the form of vendor prefixes. But there are subtle vendor differences and you have to duplicate each property several
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
That's awesome. I'd love to hear more about this! Could you please blog or send a posting to the compass mailing list describing your experience in greater detail?
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
> Well the bad part about Sass is that designers won't work with it. Wrong. There are many designers who love sass and they kick some serious ass. Actually, EVERY designer with whom I've sat down with and shown them sass and compass has
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
That what CSS is, but that doesn't mean that's the only way to style a website. Use your imagination and stop accepting the constraints that have been placed on you by those who got here first.
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
Those aspects of the syntax are not there because you're supposed to use them to design a website. They are they because frameworks need a very basic level of programming in order to build simple abstractions. You're supposed to use selecto
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
And there's a ton of color math going on.
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
I'd imagine that some future revision might enhance the support for IE6...
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
There's http://github.com/clr/sassijs But it's not feature complete yet.
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
This plugin is such a great example of how to use compass and sass to build simple abstractions out of some of the most complex css that exists.
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Fancy Buttons - Customize Buttons Effortlessly with CSS3 & Compass [video](brandonmathis.com)
88 points by chriseppstein 17y ago|29 comments
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
Made this comment on the blog too: Please don't take this personally, but you're not thinking clearly about this. Allow me to explain: First, it's important to realize that value is created through partnership. Basically, the net value of t
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
One of these days I'll write a post about how Caltech did prepare me for working on startups. :-P
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
In this case, the something wrong is that the specification didn't have the foresight to create a syntax robust enough to support actually upgrading the spec for real users. Discarding unrecognized syntax is a nice, robust behavior, but it
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
@generalk You're right, I sure wish there was a better way. Do you have one? Also, you could decide to not use this particular aspect of the syntax if it offends you, could you not? Those of us who have to support ie6 for the next three yea
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
Using hacks to work around bugs, is tolerable, perhaps. But for the common case where a feature is only partially implemented across a swath of browsers, I think feature inspection works great. It won't be a panacea, but it will be a step i
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
Your syntax highlighter can be trained to understand that syntax and not color it like a comment.
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
This is a decent work-around. There's two reasons why it's an inferior solution: 1. It slows down rendering or causes a potentially huge reflow when the feature support classes are added. 2. The specificity of body.unsupported-border-radius
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Proposal: Hack Free CSS with the @unsupported Directive(chriseppstein.github.com)
29 points by chriseppstein 17y ago|20 comments
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by chriseppstein 17y ago
I've heard of a few companies that have this prerequisite, but only a few. I think open source contributions can tip the scales if you're up against a bunch of great candidates, but I don't think the business world works like you make it so

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