THE VIDEO SHELF · modern css layout
Andy Bell – Be the browser’s mentor, not its micromanager
Andy Bell's 2022 talk on hinting the browser rather than micromanaging it, using progressive enhancement, CSS layout, fluid type and space, and modern CSS to build resilient front-ends.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a practical case for intrinsic, fluid CSS that cuts down on media queries and selectors.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Hey! Presents
- Topic
- modern css layout
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2023–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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They're not that complex if you understand CSS And let's face it… to understand the example code you only need understand what > + * do in CSS Using intrinsic sizing, and the sorts of approaches Andy Bell suggests reduces the volume of CSS enormously …
youngtaff on Hacker News · 2023-02
In My favourite 3 lines of CSS> I don't know how useful this is. The website that is the subject of this discussion comes from Andy Bell. I would encourage you to see his other work, e.g. Every Layout[1], and the website[2] linked to a recent talk he gave[3]. In particular …
traceroute66 on Hacker News · 2023-08
In The Ideal Viewport Doesn't Exist
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.