On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Tim Dawson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/08/2014 12:21, MiB wrote: >> >> Grids are not the same as grid frameworks. It sounds to me you mixing >> these concepts up. > > I think you've put your finger on it here. I asked the wrong question. It > should have been > 'Grid frameworks: what's all the fuss about'. But I wouldn't have asked that > question because I'm not a devotee of frameworks (doubtless to my detriment, > but I prefer first principles. I can > always copy my own frameworks). > > >> You don’t need a framework in order to use grids. All you need is the >> ability to choose and >> use grids as a concept and a tool. That’s all you need. > > I'm an engineer by background (civil by training, mechanical from practice), > not a 'designer' > (whatever that may mean). My designs tended to be rectilinear so I was a > natural user of grids even before I took up web design. > > It had just never occurred to me to create all those 1/12 size columns in > CSS and I wanted to > find out more. I think I have now. To misquote J Caesar: I came, I saw, I > went away. > > Thanks for your help. > > Tim
I'm more or less in the same boat as you. Though, designers I work with use a grid, but I see a page differently and can recreate it in html with out the need of a million classes for columns. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
