Comments on: Big Questions, Short Answers

By: Kelley van Evert

Kelley van Evert — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:04:24 +0000

I pretty much agree with you on most of them, except the new window: new windows for links are horrible, and must be avoided at all costs! :P

cheers!

By: Eneza

Eneza — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:20:18 +0000

Thanks for the tip, but it will be usually depends on the person…

By: Middle Click

Middle Click — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:59:04 +0000

good list…don’t know what all the fuss about “new window” is…I use middle click/wheel button to open any links because i hate when a site sends me somewhere else. btw most browsers support this event now too.

By: Marcel

Marcel — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:26:13 +0000

And how are you going to handle this project?

Where’s the nearest power outlet?

–me, 2 days ago

By: Clinton Montague

Clinton Montague — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:40:41 +0000

Some very good points here! Very entertaining post! I have to agree with the other people who have said that they prefer to use ems instead of pxs. Instead of the 62.5% rule, I do this:

body {
font-size: 10px;
}
.classname
{
font-size: 1.2em; /* this is 12px */
}

I normally use jQuery, but agree with having another in my arsenal, I am currently experimenting with Moo.

By: cssbit

cssbit — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:46:14 +0000

Thanks you, i have the same point about XHTML

By: adam

adam — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:59:51 +0000

new window? let the user decide with a right-click. if the link is flash, this doesn’t work unless programmed that way which i have never seen done.

By: miketrix

miketrix — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:07:07 +0000

Nice post. I was a px-user evolved to em. I think em is better, more exact and flexible (and yeah, i do the 62.5% technique to get the 1em = 1px)

I’m using prototye for quite long but i read a lot of moo/jquery stuff and looks cool too. I think the matter is not what framework is better, but with what framework you feel more comfortable.

By: david

david — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:42:41 +0000

@Dathan: I disagree. If my customer’s website links to a supplier’s website, why would my customer want the user to stay in the same window? The supplier’s website is supposed to act as reference information. The new window is a way of saying “not as important.”

By: Dathan Nicholson

Dathan Nicholson — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:30:10 +0000

You shouldn’t force a new window to open. Let the user ctrl+click or right click and move their mouse down 10px. Besides, there’s some possibilty it could cause issues with pop-up blockers.