Don't Blame CSS For Your Incompetence

Re:Don't Blame CSS For Your Incompetence by KrisJordan on Tuesday February 03, 2009 @05:36PM (#464832)

This article, while well intentioned, misses the point it was trying to prove. The article gives an example of a three column layout with two different orderings of the <div>'s in HTML to prove "ordering doesn't matter". The problem is the CSS in the examples changes along with the re-ordering of divs. This is exactly the point it was trying to disprove.

Though the coupling between CSS and HTML is loose it's not quite loose enough to allow HTML to be arbitrarily reordered and maintain the same presentation without also modifying the CSS.

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Re:Don't Blame CSS For Your Incompetence by Jem on Tuesday February 03, 2009 @05:47PM (#464858)

You're right, I misread Joel's quote & I'm grateful he took the time to clarify. This doesn't make it any less possible. For example:

http://www.jemjabella.co.uk/junk/rearrange/abs-columns-in-or...

http://www.jemjabella.co.uk/junk/rearrange/abs-columns-out-o...

Same CSS, re-ordered columns.

Although for the record, I dislike the technique used to achieve the results. As the person above you said - just because it's possible it doesn't mean it's any good!

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Re:Don't Blame CSS For Your Incompetence by shiranaihito on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @06:42AM (#465615)

Out of curiosity..

Is there a fun story behind your website's headline: "Jem Jabella - Ultimately Better Than You" ?

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Re:Don't Blame CSS For Your Incompetence by Jem on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @07:09AM (#465639)

jemjabella was nickname given to me about 10 years ago, and the tagline is intended as humour.

I use it as a measure of whether or not people should read my site... i.e. if you find it funny, or are able to ignore the blatant egotism, then you would probably be OK reading my site. If it winds you up or gets to you, then you won't like the content and you should read at your own risk. :)

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Re:Don't Blame CSS For Your Incompetence by shiranaihito on Thursday February 05, 2009 @03:57AM (#467424)

> the tagline is intended as humour.

I see.. :p

Could you explain the joke to me?

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