CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions

Appendix A. CASE STUDY 1 MORE THAN DOODLES

by Simon Collison

Throughout this book, Andy has detailed some Holy Grail CSS methods, be they difficult to implement, or merely misunderstood or misused. It is clear that as designers we have a very rich palette from which to paint, but it is also clear that in some cases the obvious approach is not necessarily the best approach. It is with this in mind that Cameron and I have sought to pull a number of these methods into two fresh experimental designs, to explore the pluses and minuses for each approach, and to illustrate their use in two functional, accessible, standards-compliant websites.

Most of us want our jobs to be easier. We want complete control over our layouts, and maximum impact from minimal ...