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alexlande

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About alexlande

Web design curmudgeon.

http://alexlande.com

alexlande@gmail.com

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    Comment #9116457

    We haven't had any performance issues yet. With client-side rendering, those repeating styles aren't being sent over the wire, so you're fine. For server-side rendering there are t…

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    Comment #5062555

    And we communicate through words, most of the time. Typography is pretty important there. It certainly isn't the only skill that's necessary, but it's a great place to start and is…

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    Comment #5058656

    This is a great list. From a pure graphic design standpoint, I would recommend The Elements of Typography Style to any developer, as well as Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton. A s…

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    Comment #4591732

    I've got to disagree here. The whole point of FizzBuzz is that it's a straight-forward analytical problem that you should be able to do easily if you understand the fundamentals.

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    Comment #4298998

    Annoying, and it will probably work. I've never followed anyone on instagram that I wasn't following on twitter, and if the option wasn't available I wouldn't have bothered.

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    Comment #4284178

    You're right that a bunch of divs like this is non-semantic. Anyone who thinks otherwise is crazy. As far as the classes goes though, I would recommend that you check out a style l…

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    Comment #4284156

    This is really impressive, but I'm very hesitant. Obviously this html output won't be useful until you can modify tags, and as far as the CSS goes, this is not really ok: margin-to…

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    Comment #4165486

    Exactly. In my experience, it's far more common to not receive a letter at all. As disappointing as it is to receive a form rejection letter, not hearing anything is worse.

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    Comment #4092575

    It's funny, I didn't know that the Google+ app did this until I read the article. I always assumed that it was a back button.

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    Comment #4004779

    Looks nice, but it's pretty difficult to read that typeface on that dotted background, especially on Windows. Better on a Mac, but still not great.