Be smart with your CSS

Whether you agree or not, Cascading Style Sheets have become one of the key elements of modern websites. HTML was said to be just a container, possibly semantically organized, for your data. In fact, some people would love to see HTML be like XML, and I am one of them. The distinction between raw data (XML) and presentation layer (XSLT) gives you flexibility and makes data display simple. But for starters, it’s like shooting a fly with a canon. So take good care of your CSS, or you’ll end up in a big mess of data and styling. Here’s one idea I came up with while making this blog.

Lazy compatibility

Preparing a website to be compatible (and backward-compatible) with all the different browsers and their versions is a pain. It literally destroys everything you designed and developed, because it often requires changes in the HTML, clutters CSS with new special cases etc. and generally forces you to compromise. I claim this unnecessary — I claim you could spend less time and resources on it (and money) and it would not hurt your image as much as you think.

Welcome

This post is my first one on this blog about lazy d — design and development. How to make a lot of stuff with small amount of time? Don’t create yourself more problems than you already have. Or in other words — make things simple.