CSS3 Flexible Box Layout Explained by Richard Shepherd

The folks over at Smashing Magazine put out quite a bit of quality content.

Today I decided to get back into the flow of reading at least an article a day. They posted an article from Richard Shepherd covering the CSS3 Flexible Box concept. A worthwhile read, and as I was doing such it occurred to me I should start posting some of the worthwhile reads and sending users who are interested in learning over to their site :)

The flexible box layout module?—?or “flexbox,” to use its popular nickname?—?is an interesting part of the W3C Working Draft. The flexbox specification is still a draft and subject to change, so keep your eyes on the W3C, but it is part of a new arsenal of properties that will revolutionize how we lay out pages. At least it will be when cross-browser support catches up.

In the meantime, we can experiment with flexbox and even use it on production websites where fallbacks will still render the page correctly. It may be a little while until we consider it as mainstream as, say, border-radius, but our job is to investigate new technologies and use them where possible. That said, when it comes to something as fundamental as page layout, we need to tread carefully.

CSS3 Flexible Box Layout Explained by Richard Shepherd

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