QuirksBlog monthlies for March 2019

21 March 2019

Google to offer Android users browser choice

Permalink | in Chromia on Android, Market share

Yesterday the European Commission fined Google for almost €1.5 billion for unfairly favoring some of its online advertising services over those of its rivals — and it appears the EC isn’t done yet.

One of the ongoing antitrust cases is about Android, and more specifically about Google Services, the package of Google apps such as Play, YouTube, and Chrome that Android-using hardware vendors must either adopt completely, or not at all.

19 March 2019

Scope in CSS

Permalink | in CSS for JavaScripters

I am likely going to write a “CSS for JavaScripters” book, and therefore I need to figure out how to explain CSS to JavaScripters. This series of article snippets are a sort of try-out — pre-drafts I’d like to get feedback on in order to figure out if I’m on the right track.

Today we treat the knotty problem of CSS selector scope. JavaScripters rightly feel that the fact that all CSS selectors are in the global scope complicates their applications. What can we do about it?

13 March 2019

if statements and for loops in CSS

Permalink | in CSS for JavaScripters

I am likely going to write a “CSS for JavaScripters” book, and therefore I need to figure out how to explain CSS to JavaScripters. This series of article snippets are a sort of try-out — pre-drafts I’d like to get feedback on in order to figure out if I’m on the right track.

Today I continue to look at CSS as a programming language. The question whether it is one or not is a very hot topic right now, but I’m not terribly interested in the answer.

Instead, I’d like to know if describing certain CSS structures in programming terms helps you learn CSS better or quicker, or if it hinders you. In other words, is there any educational value in treating CSS as a programming language?

5 March 2019

Algorithms in CSS

Permalink | in CSS for JavaScripters

I am likely going to write a “CSS for JavaScripters” book, and therefore I need to figure out how to explain CSS to JavaScripters. This series of article snippets are a sort of try-out — pre-drafts I’d like to get feedback on in order to figure out if I’m on the right track.

Today we’ll discuss the writing of CSS algorithms, inspired by Lara Schenck’s excellent article on that topic, which states that not only CSS is a programming language, but you can write algorithms in it.

What follows are my words; not hers — I have different points to make, and give different examples. If you want to hear Lara’s own words on CSS algorithms, drop by at CSS Day, 13th and 14th of June, Amsterdam, where she will speak.