Re: Column examples

Clearly I had a great weekend and forgot to come to work today. Thanks
Carlos!


On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Carlos Araya <carlos.araya@gmail.com>wrote:

> I think this came only to me :-)
>
> Not a problem.  Work and training have kept me quiet in the WPD front.
> I'm sorry about that.
>
> Carlos
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Scott Rowe <scottrowe@google.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Carlos! As I mentioned earlier in the thread, prefixes are
>> extremely unpopular. That said, however, they're going to be around for a
>> while, and citing them in examples is not necessarily a problem, as long as
>> we do it with the non-prefixed value last, as in the example from the
>> editing guide (http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/WPD:CSS_property_guide):
>>
>> background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,#aaa,#eee);
>> background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top,#aaa,#eee);
>> background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top,#aaa,#eee);
>> background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top,#aaa,#eee);
>> background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom,#aaa,#eee);
>>
>> There are instances where prefixes are just not appropriate, such as when
>> the property is long-established (most CSS level 1 properties), and using a
>> prefix is just silly.
>>
>> But I'd like to hear what others think about this. Should we include
>> prefixes in our examples?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Carlos Araya <carlos.araya@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Just my two cents.
>>>
>>> If we're documenting the standard we shouldn't give examples that don't
>>> use what the standard states.
>>>
>>> I understand the need to make people aware of what the vendors do with
>>> prefixes but would much rather encourage people to work with libraries like
>>> Prefixfree that will make coding to a standard much easier for everyone
>>> involved.
>>>
>>> When I created the examples for columns during the San Francisco sprint
>>> earlier this year I also raised the issue of using Prefixfree rather than
>>> code multiple versions of the same code and then have to track when a
>>> vendor has started supporting the unprefixed version and whether the
>>> vendor-specific version was still supported.
>>>
>>> Carlos
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Shali Nguyen <shalinguyen@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi there!
>>>>
>>>> I was going through the webplatform.org docs today and became
>>>> immediately interested. I've been wanting to find a way to help contribute
>>>> to the community and would love to lend a hand!
>>>>
>>>> I plan on hopping in on tomorrow morning's meeting but wanted to try
>>>> and get started to see if I could be of help. Upon reviewing "columns"
>>>> article from the Aug 14th week, it looks like you guys are missing some
>>>> examples and have some that exist that aren't formatted cross browser
>>>> w/vendor prefixes.
>>>>
>>>> Here are my suggested improvements on live examples for Multi-column
>>>> sections:
>>>>
>>>> *http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/css/properties/columns
>>>> *Currently has no live example.
>>>>
>>>>    - Existing example: None
>>>>    - New example: http://code.webplatform.org/gist/6288803
>>>>
>>>> *http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/css/properties/column-count
>>>> *Existing live example doesn't show column-count. I've created a
>>>> simpler example for only the column-count property.
>>>>
>>>>    - Existing example: http://code.webplatform.org/gist/5305530
>>>>    - New example: http://code.webplatform.org/gist/6288917
>>>>
>>>> *http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/css/properties/column-rule
>>>> *Currently has no live example.
>>>>
>>>>    - Existing example: None
>>>>    - New example: http://code.webplatform.org/gist/6288958
>>>>
>>>> *http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/css/properties/column-rule-color
>>>> *Currently has no live example.
>>>>
>>>>    - Existing example: None
>>>>    - Propose to use this existing example:
>>>>    http://code.webplatform.org/gist/6288958 (same column-rule above)
>>>>
>>>> *http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/css/properties/column-rule-width
>>>> *Uses jsfiddle example instead of codelet.
>>>>
>>>>    - Existing example: http://jsfiddle.net/dstorey/K6X54/
>>>>    - Propose to use this existing example:
>>>>    http://code.webplatform.org/gist/6288958 (same column-rule above)
>>>>
>>>> *http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/css/properties/column-rule-style
>>>> *Uses an example only visible in firefox.
>>>>
>>>>    - Existing example: http://code.webplatform.org/gist/5305898
>>>>    - Propose to use this existing example:
>>>>    http://code.webplatform.org/gist/6288958 (same column-rule above)
>>>>
>>>> It looks like *column-fill *and *column-gap* examples are fine unless
>>>> we want to make sure vendor prefixes are also included. If that's the case,
>>>> here is the updated example (forked from existing example):
>>>> http://code.webplatform.org/gist/6289096<http://code.webplatform..org/gist/6289096>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Shali Nguyen
>>>> www.shalinguyen.com
>>>> follow me @shalinguyen
>>>> AIM: shalinguyen
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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