Advanced Layout module gets a refresh

Excerpt: The CSS Advanced Layout module (explanation here) has been updated. After a quick read through, I've found only a few changes. The first is the introduction of the ::slot() pseudo element, which allows (limited) styling of - obviously - a slot. That is, if you had your layout set up like this: b…

XRAY: the bookmarklet of your dreams

Excerpt: Struggling with the boxmodel sometimes? Need some help to figure out what the size of the element that's troubling you really is? John Allsopp has created the perfect solution to this problem. It's a bookmarklet called XRAY, And you'll love it. Click on it once to activate it, and click a second…

Introducing our advertiser: FreshBooks

Excerpt: You've probably seen the ad for them on the right hand side by now if you've visited this site before, but we thought it would be good to introduce them in a post as well: a warm welcome to FreshBooks! FreshBooks let's you send out invoices through a great online interface, has a nice API, automa…

A mock-up interface using CSS3 Colour

Excerpt: I recently posted a preview of the CSS3 colour module on my own blog, but avoided using any actual examples. This was because of the things that have been implemented, the true power isn't really seen using a simple example. With opacity and the HSLA/RGBA colour models, any elements that have been…

WebKit set to strengthen

Excerpt: I haven't seen any official announcement yet, but it seems that KHTML and WebKit are to unfork. According to the linked article - which also provides an interesting history of the two engines - there is a bit of work to be done, such as importing KHTMLs advanced CSS 3 features, before the unforking …