It all started when I saw the latest version of Font Awesome (the icon font I use, love, and recommend) and realized that of 40 new icons, 13 were brand icons, and most of them are, to be fair, useless. Who needs an icon for Leanpub? Or Shirtsinbulk, whatever that is?
Tag: design
Hint.css — pure CSS tooltips
While browsers have built-in support for tooltips, which can be added by setting the title attribute, unfortunately, such tooltips don’t look good and have a long delay before they appear. There are many JavaScript libraries for better looking and better behaving tooltips, for example, Bootstrap includes one. It turns out, though, that you can implement them with CSS alone, and that’s what Hint.css does.
Maverix — Bootstrap theme for webapps with Mac look
Currently native apps built with web technologies are on the rise. Projects like NW.js (node-webkit) and Atom Shell allow us to write cross-platform GUI applications with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. While many projects use one look for every operating system they run on, sometimes you want to have a native look for your hybrid app. That’s when Maverix comes into play: it’s a Bootstrap theme with OS X Mavericks look specifically designed to be used in “native webapps”.
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