Jens Meiert

The CSS Problem

CSS is growing too large while CSS 2 has not nearly been understood by authors. This non-sustainable growth is a big problem for CSS.

¶ November 12, 2012, filed under Web Development.

HTML and Non-Script Styling

If you are to style a document differently based on whether certain technology is available, you should keep two things in mind: HTML itself is static and separation of concerns is important for maintainability …

¶ February 21, 2012, filed under Web Development.

On Maintainability

To make this a little story, for a long time in my career I wasn’t very concerned about maintainability. I was maintaining projects but didn’t really have an idea about whether what I maintained was actually effective to maintain. I got a sense that things weren’t quite right …

¶ January 31, 2012, filed under Web Development.

window.scrollTo() or: When to Stay Clear of User Agents

If you were to ask me whether you as a web designer or developer should tackle user agent issues, my answer was “no.” It’s not your responsibility. You may lack important insight into decisions made on the user agent side. You’re going to inherit technical debt. …

¶ January 24, 2012, filed under Web Development, Usability.