Tag: css

Nailing down css

i have grown to greatly respect css. with the upcoming 2.1 spec, browser makers should have a much easier time to have compliant implementations. also, ambiguity was greatly reduced, bringing us closer to WORA for the web. maybe it is time to split web spec into a stable branch and a development branch, just like linux and other projects. there is clearly value in capturing best practice after a technology has matured, and at the same time there is value in charging ahead with new ideas.

css is good for pagerank

pondering on my spankin-new pure-css layout, i wondered if google pagerank rewards pages with a better content / pagesize ratio, as pages lacking superfluous nested tables and spacer gifs would. just a guess, but well within the realm of the possible (it makes google’s job easier). here is a little pagerank guide