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Sunday, August 7th, 2011
TweetBefore CSS, HTML tables were often used for layout and positioning. This is still a common practice, although frowned upon as the code can be hard to alter later. Using HTML tables for layout is also not semantic code, and therefore does not represent best practice. The semantic use of an HTML table is for [...]
Tags: boxes, caption, clarity, collapse html, colours, css property, double borders, headings, html table, html tables, labels, patience, table data cells, td
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Friday, August 5th, 2011
TweetA more modern way to represent the 256 possible values of each small light for use in CSS is to use decimal notation. Some people find this easier to understand. Each colour of light is represented by a number between 0 and 255. The numbers are usually written like this: rgb(255,0,0) Notice that the numbers [...]
Tags: alpha transparency, alpha values, brackets, colour codes, colour models, colours, commas, computer monitors, decimal notation, elements, hue saturation, improvements, modern browsers, rgb colour model
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
TweetI recently found a fascinating article showing research on people’s perceptions, associations and preferences for colours, by Joe Hallock. He outlines research on colour perceptions and associations, focusing on the work of Bradford J. Hall (Among Cultures: The Challenge of Communications 2002). Faber Birren Previously, Faber Birren (1961) had stated that colours were inherently associated [...]
Tags: black, bradford j hall, colour, colour wheel, colours, common phrases, coolness, design, direct connections, earthly elements, emotional impact, emotional responses, energy range, faber birren, green with envy, hallock, sense perceptions, sun earth, warmth, water sun, wavelengths of light, word trust
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