Building in 10k: CSS Structure and Sandboxing
Building in 10k: CSS Structure and Sandboxing Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of posts from the team that built the 10k Apart contest site, exploring the process of building for interoperability, accessibility, and progressive enhancement in less than 10kB. In the previous post in this series, Stephanie Stimac discussed her design process for the 10k Apart site. Once the team had settled on a direction, it was up to me to realize her vision in CSS. What’s the “no style” experience like? Whenever I begin to design an experience in CSS, my first consideration is how usable it is without any CSS at all or with only a browser’s default styles. Why does that matter? Because CSS is a dependency that may not be met. First off, some browsers don’t support CSS—text-based browsers (e.g., Lynx) and [ more… ]
