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Comment on How to slice up a PSD file in Photoshop by jcDesigns

jcDesigns — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:10:05 +0000

LOL…was wondering when you would show up. Thanks for the comment, and I said you were quick! I agree about the pros and cons. For slicing, one down side is that your images are going to be bigger. But I’ll sack the small amount of page weight for the ease I have making changes and resaving. Actually, let’s do a test tomorrow because I am curious to see the total image weight between the two methods.

I’m not calling down the guide and crop. The slice method is just faster for me. There are a billion ways to do things. The difference in the way we do things has actually helped both of us a lot, I think. I can’t count the number of times I have learned something new in Flash because of some of the cool stuff you (meaning Neal above) do.

Actually, after I try my hand at the 960 grid method, I am curious if I’ll switch to your way.

Comment on How to slice up a PSD file in Photoshop by Neal Rudnick

Neal Rudnick — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:55:36 +0000

Well you definitely have a point when it comes to slicing up PSD’s for the web. It can be quicker when it comes to templated designs that have multiple colors, but I disagree when it is a more intense, detailed design. Again, this is one of those things that can go back and forth when it comes to the pros and cons of this process. What it really comes down to is preference and how you were taught. I was not shown how to slice up designs efficiently and when I have a bit of trouble, I always fall back on what I know.

Anyways, just want to say that the blog is coming along pretty good and I think you are keeping good pieces of content on here, rather than some blogs that have sold out by posting non-stop garbage.

Comment on Could Social Media have its own crash like .com? by Joseph McCullough

Joseph McCullough — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:28:34 +0000

Glad I could be of use. I did take them down intentionally. I’m not a fan of rounded rectangles. The main content rounded-rectangle is more than enough for me.

Comment on Could Social Media have its own crash like .com? by jcDesigns

jcDesigns — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:46:56 +0000

LOL! Thanks for making me laugh Joseph. I noticed that the dates are gone now from your blog. Did you do that on purpose? I actually thought they looked cool on that theme.

Comment on Could Social Media have its own crash like .com? by Joseph McCullough

Joseph McCullough — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:28:25 +0000

Over-rated, unpredictable, unstable: Lebron James? Or social media?

Comment on Paprika to get organized, Microdata, and ranting by Brian Barron

Brian Barron — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:55:03 +0000

Nice overview of micro data. I’ll look into it with some of my client sites and let you know what successes I have.

Comment on IE PNG problem when used with jQuery animate() by jcDesigns

jcDesigns — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:47:21 +0000

Are you sure? Because at the top of that link you posted it says IE 6/7/8. Ya, I tried the background color just to see if it was an issue with the image itself, or if there was something else going on.

Comment on Creating your own web dev tool kit – Part III: Apps that help by Paprika to get organized, Microdata, and ranting | jc-designs.net

Paprika to get organized, Microdata, and ranting | jc-designs.net — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:39:10 +0000

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Comment on Taking LESS.js for a spin, and how does it compare to Sass 3 by jcDesigns

jcDesigns — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:35:18 +0000

Thanks for the comments Kurt, and glad the post was some help. I wish I could say it only took me 45 minutes to get Compass working, but I am extremely stupid when it comes to command line stuff. Once I had it up and going though, it worked great.

I agree, I like the idea of compiling on the fly, but something about that really bothers me, which I mention in this article. This is one of the main reasons, besides liking the SCSS syntax better, why I am going to go with Sass 3.

You might also want to check out my review on Sass: http://jc-designs.net/blog/2010/06/test-driving-sass-3-a-second-look-at-sass/

Comment on Taking LESS.js for a spin, and how does it compare to Sass 3 by Kurt Milam

Kurt Milam — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:21:02 +0000

Thanks for the interesting article. I’ve been wanting to integrate SASS or SCSS into my PHP projects for a while. I came across this article because I was looking for a javascript SASS/SCSS complier (and thinking about building one on my own, if it didn’t already exist).

I finally decided to bite the bullet and install Compass on our server. With a bit of effort (45 minutes or so), I was able to set up a Compass project inside what’s normally a PHP application, and it’s working nicely.

I like the idea of LESS and compiling the code on-the-fly at the client. Probably not a bad idea for development purposes, but it’s probably better to save the compiled code to a file for a production app.

Nicely-written article. Helped me make up my mind how to move forward. Now if I can only find a way to allow my CSS coders to turn on Compass’ watch without having to log in to the server over a terminal.