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Ten Years Ago in ALA: Faux Columns and Elastic Design

Written By planetweb on lundi 6 janvier 2014 | 16:20

Ten years ago this week, A List Apart published issue 167. It featured an article on elastic design that now seems slightly prophetic, and an article on faux columns, a technique that, while it has since fallen out of favor, defined the way designs were implemented for years.


Elastic Design, by Patrick Griffiths


Not quite liquid, yet not fixed-width either, Elastic Design combines the strengths of both. Done well, it can enhance accessibility, exploit neglected monitor and browser capabilities, and freshen your creative juices as a designer. Patrick Griffiths shows how to start.


(Remind you of anything?)


Faux Columns, by Dan Cederholm


It was a beginning CSS designer’s nightmare and a frequently asked question at ALA: Multi-column CSS layouts can run into trouble when one of the columns stops short of its intended length. Here’s a simple solution.






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