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Removing Dotted Lines with Image Replacement

by Brian Warren on 25 March, 20077 Comments

Image replacement is a fantastic and extremely versatile tool to have in your belt as an aspiring CSS Ninja. I’ve sung its praises before, so I don’t need to do that again. However, there has been one naggly thing about how Firefox treats image replacements that are also links. When you focus on that link, the dotted lines extend waaaaaay off to the left of the screen.

Alas!

I tinkered, poked and prodded. After a bit of that, I found a way to fix the problem! Adding overflow:hidden; to the image replacement style does the trick.

As I was putting together this post, I saw that Last Child had an article discussing this very issue and a way to take care of it. The drawback of their solution is that it removes all dotted lines entirely, rather than just fixing the bug.

I hadn’t seen a good way of fixing it before this little discovery, so I hope that helps my fellow …

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This American Life On Showtime

by Brian Warren on 23 March, 2007

Watch the first episode for free on Showtime’s site. Looks like they did a great job so far of turning a radio show into a tv show. Check out TAL’s new site too.

SXSW 2007, Flat Guys Get All the Fun.

by Brian Warren on 20 March, 20074 Comments

It is hard to believe that less than a week ago I was in Austin at SXSW. It’s already feeling like a bit more distant of a memory than that. After I returned to Denver, I took a pleasant nap and bravely waded into the waters of a flood of work that was waiting for me. The work is still there, glaring at me for taking some time out to write, but I gave it a stern look so I should be good for a few more minutes.

This year, SXSW was bigger, more fun and, strangely, a bit more relaxed than last year. I made a point to get more sleep, not do everything and to pace myself a bit better – I even grabbed a few naps throughout the week.

SXSW is a different sort of conference. Ever since I started hearing about SXSW I’ve heard the same thing year after year: With SXSW, you don’t go for the panels. All the magic happens in the hallways, at the meals, and at the …

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Highrise is live

by Brian Warren on 20 March, 2007

37signals’ CRM went live last night.

SXSW 2007 Podcasts

by Brian Warren on 16 March, 2007

Get a listen of the majority of the sessions podcasted over the next few months. Lots of great stuff here.

Returning to SXSW

by Brian Warren on 08 March, 20073 Comments

I’d like to think that because I’m sitting down to write that life has slowed down a bit and I’m regularly taking relaxed breaths of fresh air. In reality, it’s the first week of March, which means designers around the world have been eluding the sleep monster while wrapping up as much client work as they can before heading to Austin for SXSW.

SXSW has a very special place in my heart. Last year was my first, and I went as an in-house designer who had aspirations of leaving the day job and maybe working at an agency or something fun like that. I had been there maybe 24 hours when I was already thinking about leaving the day job and pursuing the freelancing full-time.

I met a lot of great people, got very inspired, and had a lot of fun. Just a few short months later I had more freelance work than I could take, and had to quit the day job just to start getting my free time back. There hasn’t been a single day, …

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