The problem With new, fancy CSS, buttons with gradients can be rendered using solely CSS. These are great, simple, dymnamic elements. But there is a limitation. Currently, transitions cannot be applied to CSS gradients as the browser will actually create a bitmap of a gradient. Hurrah for rendering speed and letting browsers feel snappier. Boo… Read on.
For measuring ems during development. Available on Github. Based on an element from a HTML base by David Fitzgibbon. It helps you get a quick idea of what the current width and height of a browser window is in ems. All this is neatly packadged in a little bit of CSS. With it, you can… Read on.
Figuratively speaking. It’s a small thing in the grand scheme of things. I’m seeing an epedimic of buttons that darken on hover. The problem is when these buttons darken, they seem as if to shy away from the user. Shy Button Wouldn’t it be better if the button invited the user to click? As opposed… Read on.