jackmoore

Chrome's stock developer tools.

An important point that was left out of the article is that LESS had much faster compilation than Sass, which was probably the deciding factor for it's use in Bootstrap.

Now, there is libsass; a C/C++ implementation of the Sass compiler which brings Sass compilation up to speed with other preprocessors.

My feeling is that the community has always regarded Sass as the better preprocessor, but easy of use and compilation speed matter held it back. But, as front-end build tools have become more accessible, and Sass getting up to speed with libsass (and dropping the Ruby dependency), I think it is becoming easier for projects like Bootstrap to start embracing Sass.

I went through “How Y’all, Youse, and You Guys Talk” when it came out, but I probably wouldn't have taken the time if it had been with a less credible site, like BuzzFeed. So maybe their success with this owes a lot to their other journalism.

He was referring to accurate emulation, rather than the approximate emulator you get with a normal emulator. Here's a related story: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/08/accuracy-takes-power-o...

Just saying, but if I was selling computers and toasters, I too would offer a longer warranty for toasters.

You all should be aware that it is impossible for CSS preprocessors/postprocessor to fully replicate calc() and var(). For example, you won't be able to do something like calc(100% - 200px) or have scoped variables.

I can't wait for the sprite era to end.

When his story was originally shared on HN, I believe it made a point that his diet wasn't entirely Soylent and that he consumed normal meals once a week. I wouldn't be surprised if that combination could carry him for a long time.

You've contributed nothing with this shameless strawman of an argument. Nobody here made that claim, and probably nobody ever has made that claim. Who are you arguing against?

Well grids aren't essentially tables. I'm surprised by the comparisons here, it seems like many people have worked with either tables or grids, but not both. I frequently use both grids and table layouts along-side each other.

Tables are especially helpful for creating a horizontal list of elements that are evenly spaced, but of uneven/unknown width. You can't do that with a grid. Since grids are floated, it's easy to adjust the number of elements in a row (by either changing the width or the row or the width of the items). You can't do that with a table, since each row has to be delineated in the markup.

I don't use table elements for layout of course, I use display:table. Using a table element for non-tabular data would be unsemantic, unlike using a div which carries no semantics.

Since those two things aren't really the same, I'd say this is a terrible example (a strawman even). If you want the clientWidth, use the clientWidth. jQuery works in tandem with the native DOM, and is not meant to be a wholesale replacement:

    $("div").sort(function(a, b) {
      return a.clientWidth * a.clientHeight - (b.clientWidth * b.clientHeight);
    });

The speed for this is slower, as expected, but comparable to native. http://jsperf.com/d97b341f-cfc1-4057-bdc9-60e80adb5cf6/4

Something about how the real people that get rich during a gold rush are the ones selling the shovels.

I have no personal experience with trash compactors, but it seems like compacted trash would have poor oxygen exchange that would inhibit decomposition.

Last night's discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5393367

There is no conspiracy here. That feature wasn't going to be brought back to Chrome, and should have been closed a long time ago. Shutting down Reader shined a light on this issue, so if they hadn't closed it before now is a logical time to close it.

Cutting off comments make sense as well as there isn't going to be constructive discussion at this point. Constructive discussion has already been had and a decision was reached. Having comments open at this point just inviting people to grind their axes.

Just realized one big advantage padded grid is to be able to use the grid classes on table-cell elements.

Why does padding make it more responsive than using margins? I've considered using padded grids as well, but was discouraged because it would lead to more markup if you don't want background images/color to bleed into your gutters.

And what would it bring it down to if it that drop caused a mild panic in the market?

This could make HSAs (health savings accounts) much more desirable.

Just noting that this article is from last August.

Iterating a NodeList isn't so bad:

  Array.prototype.forEach.call(
  document.querySelectorAll('a'), function(el){ 
    console.log(el); 
  });

But, I agree with the point. If the NodeList isn't live, like it is for the other DOM querying methods, then what is the point in returning a NodeList instead of an array?

You are correct, that selector would not match textFoo. It is the same as [class^=text-]. The real problem with using these attribute selectors with classes is that they only apply to the first class in the class list. If your element was something like "<p class='content text-foo'>", then it would not be matched by that selector.

Good job with the citations

I believe you can undo the update with ctrl+z

They don't use that selector as far as I know, because it's very brittle. Something like [class|='span'] would only match classes starting with 'span-' if they are the first class in the class list. So it wouldn't match something like '<div class="stacked span-5"></div>'

Even if DOM normalization isn't needed, the method chaining and implicit iteration jQuery/other frameworks provide sure makes working with the DOM a lot nicer.

Slightly off-topic, but Twitter has all but replaced RSS for me. I'm getting more value out of following people I have similar interest to than I did subscribing to their feeds.

"My solution has been to logout and read it."

Whenever I need to sign out for something, I just open up incognito mode/private browsing.

I'm a proponent of simply calling them 'immediate functions'.