Two updates to CSS 3
Image courtesy J Kyrnin
- Media Queries is now a candidate recommendation. One step closer to full recommendation status.
- The CSS 3 Multi-Column Layout module had an update to the working draft.
Media queries extends the functionality of CSS media types by providing more features and ways of defining the media types. For example, when this specification is finalized you'll be able to define a style sheet for "screen" media types that have a minimum width of 800px. Or define a style sheet for color devices and another for black and white devices.
And the Multi-Column Layout module provides functionality within CSS to create multi-column layouts without a lot of hassle. One of my favorite bits of this module is that you'll be able to define a multi-column layout where the text flows from the first column to the second to the third. All the designer will need to do is specify the columns and put the content in the element. This will make a lot of the current Web layouts obsolete.
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I love it!
The multi-column text flow sounds interesting. Is it JavaScript dependent? That might be show stopper for a number of my clients.
Websmith: When the multi-column module has support in browsers it will be done with CSS alone. This is a CSS module - no JavaScript required.
The challenge is waiting until the majority of browsers in use support that module. That could be 1-2 months after the module becomes a recommendation or it could be years. Hard to say…
Wow, that’s some awesome stuff. I’m guessing majority browser support by 2011, when IE 9 is released.
where can i see the updates by time?
thanks