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Use blueprintcss the SASS way

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As a big fan of both, blueprintcss and SASS I always wanted to have them combined. As these two utilities are my major project dependencies I was looking for a way to shorten the time for an initial project setup and to have a more consistent setup across all projects in general. For this purpose I have created a complete port of blueprintcss to SASS with all advantages SASS offers to the CSS developer.

The most important feature is the possibility to change the grid setup by simply chaning some -blueprint-grid parameters.

/* Grid setup */
$-blueprint-grid-columns:24;
$-blueprint-grid-width:30px;
$-blueprint-grid-gutter:10px;

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CSS3 Select (Dropdown) input element

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For a current project i made some prototypes for UI elements that should give a consisten look for UI elements across different platforms/browsers. Not everything made it into the project, but imho the select element is quite convinient and maybe useable. It should work on IE8/9, Firefox 3.x, Opera 10, Safari 3/4 (also on iOS 3/4 Safari) and Chrome 6 or higher. For sure the main focus was on webkit browsers and all features are only available there.
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Typo3 4.2 – Usability?

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The first CMS-framework i ever used was Typo3. I liked the idea behind it from a technical point of view but was always disappointed from the user-experience. With Typo3 4.0, the Typo3 association hast started the “Cleaner Backup”-initiative. The release statement of today says something like, “We have finished the backup reorganization”. I have waited for this moment about 3 or more years and downloaded the Typo3 4.2 immediately, but….

yeah.. but what?

Nothing happened, this is maybe a bit unfair, but from a user’s view, really nothing happened, even simple design and UI-rules have not been followed and the old problems of the interaction design are still the same or worse (A nice new game is, “Find the Save-button”). I do not want to bash Typo3 or it’s developers, but the following points prevents me from using Typo3 as a base for new platforms. Continue reading →

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