Link dump #148

Styling an input type="file"

Very useful technique to know for styling the input type="file" form buttons at Quirksmode. [...]

The size attribute for input fields

An succinct overview of the size attribute of input fields which also includes a nice CSS tip. [...]

Input-Output

Monumental input fields

Not to be outdone by the ginormous Newsvine input fields, popurls has gone one better. Ha ha! [...]

wicked worn text without the bones now that's clever!

Create that wicked worn look without any fancy image replacement. Simply use your normal font and place a textured image over the top! Exa mple here [...]

YUI Rich Text Editor

The YUI Rich Text Editor replaces the default textarea and allows rich text formatting and image re-sizing. [...]

Scrunch Up

Appropriate Use of Alternative Text

Adding alternative text for images is the first principle of web accessibility. It is also one of the most difficult to properly implementExcellent qu [...]

fancy font

font created by the movements of car headlights (via Kottke). [...]

Skinput

Wrap text round a curvy, rounded, odd-shaped image

It produces valid but unsematic XHTML and CSS. It's called The Box Office, and you simply provide a url for your image to shape your text round. It [...]

CSScomb

Link dump #15

PHP + CSS Dynamic Text Replacement

In the wake of recent web font news here's a technique for generating text replacement dynamically with CSS and PHP... and no JavaScript. In theory it [...]

Big Red Angry Text

Brilliant technique to make a quick check for deprecated HTML elements... why has this never been done before? [...]

Text size detection and A Standardista's Alphabet

Two great articles on A List Apart this issue. [...]

Telescopic Text

Project Scoping

This must surely ring a bell for anyone who's been involved in any type of project where input from more than one person is required: Proje ct Scopi [...]

Patterns

Tooltips

Fancy tooltips using Javascript... seems quite accessible too! [...]

Lorem Ipsum

Need some text pad out your web designs? Use some famous Lorem Ipsum dummy text, which can be found here: Lorem Ipsum. [...]

JavaScript MIME type

Apparently Javascript has a new MIME type which replaces text/javascript and instead usesapplication/javascript. The only snag is IE won't understand [...]

Axbo

Wake up feeling refreshed with this fancy bedside clock. [...]