garand

Why do people do this?

I haven't worked with tables and this much, so I can't speak for that.

Take a look at this.

http://paulirish.com/2012/box-sizing-border-box-ftw/

Specifically the Performance section.

  You'll never be able to use `position:absolute` for anything outside of the context of an element's parent.

While true, I find that the instances that I need something to be absolutely positioned outside of it's context are few and far between. Also, it is quite easy to set position static on the parent elements.

  Every new developer will need to wrap their head around nonstandard page flow

I work with a team that is on board with this, so it hasn't been an issue yet.

Also, refer to this: http://css-tricks.com/things-it-might-be-funuseful-to-try-th...

I used to think that as well, but after much research and using it on multiple projects I find that not to be the case.

To solve the issue of z-index only working on positioned elements, what I do on all new projects is set the following:

  * {
    position:relative;
  }

This does two things. Allows me to set z-index values without hassle, and also allows me to set top/bottom left/right values.

Refer to my GitHub repo for the code for my base structure for new projects.

https://github.com/garand/base

Love it. Now all you need is something to crawl cloud app links and convert those.

Here's the old icon for anyone that want's it.

http://grnd.cc/LEbh

I must confess. I read this title as "MacBook Air".

As someone who uses GitHub's web interface multiple times a day, the ability to dig down into specific actions and pages for a repo will save a lot of time clicking around. The big one for me, adding issues.

Most users don't, but they have the ability to be swiped, and I've seen some iOS users swiping them around.

I'm seeing this. http://cl.ly/IMLf

I'm absolutely in love with my 2011 11" MBA. 1.8Ghz i7, 4 GB RAM, 256 SSD. The screen size is very conducive to focusing on one task at a time, periodically I will connect to a Thunderbolt display for added screen real estate.