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A List Apart No. 172
In Issue No. 172 of A List Apart, for people who make websites:
by Sergio Villarreal
Much used, oft maligned but always popular, drop shadows are a staple of graphic design. Although easy to accomplish with image-editing software, they’re not of much use in the fast-changing world of web design … until now.
by Søren Madsen
Part I showed how to create fluid, dynamic CSS layouts with customized borders and corners. Part II advances to the next level, extending the technique to work with more complicated backgrounds such as gradients and patterns.
Highlights from recent Daily Reports
- Waterbox redux
- The music of Waterbox, part of this site’s “Classics” department, is back online for your listening pleasure.
- A List Apart No. 171
- In Issue No. 171 of A List Apart, for people who make websites … Designing for Context with CSS, by Joshua Porter. Helping Your Visitors: a State of Mind, by Nick Usborne.
- The Drop Shadow League
- Bevels and drop shadows are no longer the provinces of talentless design hacks. A brief history of the birth and resurrection of these two techniques which have recently exploded into full-blown style trends.
- Amazon tax gaffe: from hero to zero
- Amazon is a super-savvy Internet company, except when they screw up.
- Safari 1.2 CSS bug found and fixed
- A layout element in The Daily Report of 12 February revealed a CSS bug in Apple’s Safari 1.2 browser for OS X 10.3. The day we reported it, Apple’s Dave Hyatt fixed it.
- By Popular Request
- Links archived on new page; site interface slightly modified; a tip on forcing browsers to recognize when a style sheet has changed.
- W3C Fixes CSS Validator
- Within days of reading our gripe, the W3C fixed its CSS validation service.
- Museums and the Web 2004
- We will deliver a keynote address at this prestigious international conference.
There is more
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