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Master CSS gradients

Design, Education, Web Design 621 Responses »

Aug 252011

The word gradient has many different meanings, but in CSS, a gradient is strictly defined as a gradual transition between a range of (at least two) colours. CSS gradients are a fairly recent development but have already been through a number of changes. They were originally proposed by the WebKit team in April 2008, modified from the syntax proposed for the canvas element in HTML 5.

The W3C’s CSS Working Group later proposed a modified syntax, and this syntax is in the latest revisions of the Image Values Module. The first browser to implement this was Firefox 3.6, and the WebKit team weren’t far behind, so Safari 5.1 and above and recent versions of Chrome also use this syntax (The Book of CSS3 explains the old WebKit implementation fully).

via Master CSS gradients | Tutorial | .net magazine.

Dude Downloads $5 Million of Stolen Software to 1TB Hard Drive for Art Exhibit

Design, Law 315 Responses »

Aug 242011

Art is about freedom of expression, and it sometimes results in controversial pieces that challenge the social norms or intentionally push the boundaries of decency for one reason or another. But does there ever come a point when artwork crosses the line? A 1TB external hard drive sitting on a white pedestal at the Art 404 gallery begs that very question, the one you have to ask when someone crams $5 million worth of illegally downloaded software into a storage device and calls it art.

via Maximum PC | Dude Downloads $5 Million of Stolen Software to 1TB Hard Drive for Art Exhibit.

21 top tools for responsive web design

Design, interface, Web Design 450 Responses »

Aug 232011

As introduced/coined by Ethan Marcotte in both his article “Responsive Web Design” as well as his recently released book, one needs three elements to make a site responsive:

A flexible/fluid grid

Responsive images

Media queries

There are plenty of other great articles that cover motives, concepts, and techniques regarding responsive web design, so we’ll keep the focus of this article on some top tools that will help you become responsibly responsive.

via 21 top tools for responsive web design | Feature | .net magazine.

Fake speed camera birdhouse slows cars, pisses off authorities

Design 195 Responses »

Aug 232011

Ian Magee was sick of people speeding past his house at double the speed limit, so he installed this fake speed camera in a really conspicuous spot on his property.

What’s really clever, is that Magee didn’t just put up a dummy speed camera, he made it into a real working bird feeder, allowing the critters to get in where the lens would normally be.

via Fake speed camera birdhouse slows cars, pisses off authorities | DVICE.

Google and Mozilla working on interoperable web apps

Design, interface, Internet News 65 Responses »

Aug 222011

Google and Mozilla are developing new processes that will make it easy for developers to enable people to use the functionality of one web app inside another web app. For example, a photo hosting site could make it so that people can use any favourite photo editor within their site. Sites won’t even have to know about each other, and it takes only a few lines of code.

via Google and Mozilla working on interoperable web apps | News | .net magazine.

Bowling with Zombie Heads

Design, Marketing 488 Responses »

Aug 222011

These creepy bowling balls are part of an advertising campaign for 13th Street (a murder mystery television channel). The art direction was done by RUOK and spray painting art by Oliver Paass.

via Bowling with Zombie Heads – Illusion – The Most Amazing Creations in Art, Photography, Design, Technology and Video..

Firefox: The Emperor Wears No Versions

Design, interface, Internet News 417 Responses »

Aug 202011

So why does Mozilla want to ditch the version number? In the words of Asa Dotzler, director of Firefox, “we’re moving to a more web-like convention where it’s simply not important what version you’re using as long as it’s the latest version. We have a goal to make version numbers irrelevant to our consumer audience.”

via Firefox: The Emperor Wears No Versions | Webmonkey | Wired.com.

Does not seem entirely rational. -JA