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independents day

Monday, November 12th, 2001 at 9:58 AM Category: Meryl's Notes Blog No comments

Independents Day is presenting essays every six hours on the topic of "The Future Independent Web: Visions of What’s To Come." Watch for my embarrassing entry. I enjoyed Halcyon’s 15 predictions. Not to worry, if you miss an essay, check the archives.

pushing css to the edge

CSS King, Eric Meyer has conducted an experiment of where we haven’t been with CSS. He writes, &quotIt’s a search for new ways to approach Web-based design. It’s a cry for creativity, and a stab at innovation. It’s a playground and a proving ground. It’s a rejection of what’s practical in favor of what’s possible."

My favorite part? The Complex Spiral doesn’t view correctly in IE! Yes, Netscape 6+ does it right. Mark one for Netscape. It has hover effects WITHOUT JavaScript! How cool is that? Eric also offers some alternative fun you can have with the spiral page.

Let’s check out the Pure CSS Popups where Eric demonstrates mouse rollover effects (both text and graphical) WITHOUT JavaScript. No lie!

Check out those curves! No, not on that lady – get your mind out of the gutter. Through the magic of CSS and a curve graphics, he creates a page with a curved edge. If curves aren’t your thing or they’ve been overdone, take a look at the slants. He does this with three div elements, some borders, and no content. At first, I didn’t like it when I checked it out in IE5.5. But then, I opened the page in NN 6 and it looks great. IE 5.5 doesn’t display it correctly.

Now, if could get myself to push my Web site to the edge and give it a new edge <sigh>.