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Design notes

On 11-19-2007 I started publishing my tests on CSS. Some people found them interesting and even "impressive", but they actually knew only a little bit of the facts behind. To be honest, these tests were only the result of a long and exhausting garbage collection or, more precisely, a desperate attempt to save a failed project started a couple of months before. And yes, my tests succeeded or at least I got some positive feedback from CSS Discuss and yes, a couple of sites mentioned me and my little creature and yes, this time Google increased my page rank with all the related benefits. I didn't expect, though. I didn't expect because my tests are not really useful for an author who actually wants to know why something work or doesn't work in a browser. Why? Simply put, my tests lack explanations (Yes, some sections have an about.txt file or something, but these files are generally incomplete and far from accurate.). This is somewhat related to the inner nature of my demos. I mean, my demo pages are not self-evident, except those that are eligible to be included in the W3C test suite. Anyway, my tests are a work in progress, while the following articles can be seen as a detailed explanation of my demo pages (with further insights). In short, these articles are written in order to share my (little) knowledge with other persons. Feel free to contact me if you need more details. Comments, suggestions and criticisms are always welcome (please read this Note on browser compatibility first). I hope that these articles will be useful for your daily work. In any case, thanks for reading them.

Acknowledgements

First, I'd like to thank the CSS Discuss (or css-d for short) mailing list and all its members for the great support given to all my projects. I'm especially grateful to Bruno, Ingo, John Gallant, David Hucklesby, David Laakso, Philippe, Alex Gresley, Georg and the others I can't remember now (in random order). I've learned a lot from you, mainly as a person. A special thanks goes to Elika Etemad (fantasai) for reviewing my tests and for being such a sensitive and intelligent person. Secondly, I'd like to thank my sources of inspiration. The first name is surely Kathleen Hanna (picture on the left). Thanks to her music (I love Bikini Kill, one of my favourite bands) I've learned that sensitiveness doesn't necessarily mean weakness and I fully endorse the ideas behind her music. Another source is Ian "hixie" Hickson. In my opinion, he's one of the most brilliant testers and developers I've ever met on the web. In that vein, I'd like to mention Bruno Fassino and Gérard Talbot. Their bugs and tests repositories are a stimulating work in progress that I admire and envy. Finally, I'd like to thank my poor old PC (picture on the right). This goofy, innocent creature is the only "eyewitness" of my first attempts to build my own CSS-driven layouts. Thanks to all.

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