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emastic is a CSS Framework developed by Vladimir Carrer that features an em-based grid system. Its aim is to

.. resolve the problem of the elastic layout also the problem of default width of the container of the page and to ad one fluid column. Also if its possible to reduce the CSS size to minimum.

The entire library is composed of five CSS files:

reset.css - based on Eric Meyer reset.css
grid.css - the core CSS (building all the grids)
type.css - basic css formatting
ie.css - resolve some IE bugs
gadgets.css (new) - plugin

The project is still at its infancy, and documentation is very sparse. It has potential to be a good library though. Kudos to Vladimir!

Happy Halloween!October 31

Happy halloween from the CSS Vault Team!

Peppy CSS3 JavaScript Selector Races Past The CompetitionOctober 23

James Donaghue has just released Peppy, a very fast CSS3 compliant JavaScript selector engine. The author claims that it is …

… faster1 than all other major JavaScript libraries with DOM querying capabilities (Prototype 1.6.0.3, JQuery 1.2.6, MooTools 1.2.1, EXT 2.2, DoJo 1.2.0, YUI 2.6.0). It is faster2 than Sizzle by John Resig and it also is cross browser (IE included). Take a look for yourselves, I have a profiling page set up here.

The compressed library only goes up to 10K, which makes it an ideal replacement for bulkier libraries if only for its DOM capabilities. Sizzle author John Resig has however identified three potential issues in Ajaxian’s news entry:

Customize List Numbering With CSS2.1October 9

Until majority of the web population starts using browsers capable of displaying CSS2.1, the best way to do broken numbered lists would be to resort to manual numbering. Opera has recently come up with a very good article on how to do automatic numbering, for those of you who wish to adopt early.

3 Reasons Why Chrome Is DyingSeptember 29

Despite all the buzz that the Google Chrome browser has made since its initial launch, its popularity has been on a downhill trend. Here are 3 reasons why I think this is so:

Lack of features - Different users have different needs. Some of them are developers that need to debug their websites or some simply like to customize the look of their browser. Unlike Firefox and IE, there is a serious lack of available applets to extend or customize the browser.
Bugs - From installation issues, to frequent crashing, to hanging all the way down to display problems. Chrome’s list of issues make it pale in comparison to a vet like Firefox.
Been there, done that - Almost all Google Chrome’s features can be found in other browsers, in one way or another. There are articles about this for Firefox and IE.