[Solar-talk] A CSS Framework for Solar (was: Pre-release notes)

[Rodrigo Moraes]

On 7/29/06, Clay Loveless wrote:
> What about distributing with Yahoo's UI package CSS scripts?
>
> They're flexible, well-documented, license-compatible, and are pretty
> stable ... they haven't upgraded the package since its release,
> despite having thousands of users providing feedback on their forums.
> The word from Dustin Diaz (dev lead for Y!UI) is that Yahoo's using
> that CSS library in the new version of Yahoo's site.
>
> I'm not a big fan of Yahoo's JavaScript/Ajax stuff ... but their CSS
> is really nice and easy.
>
> Any reason to re-invent the wheel?

Clay, hi. Nice to talk to you. And nice that you have suggested the
YUI package. When I mentioned a CSS framework for Solar, I really
meant to draw some guidelines regarding markup and CSS to be used in
layouts and helper sets (well, the default settings for them), not to
create a library from scratch - let's use something good that already.

I totally agree with you about adopting some YUI stuff. I've been
using YUI's "reset" set for generated layouts, and I think their grids
could be used to generate columns and boxes in a series of Solar
helpers. There are some restrictions and inconveniences, but probably
there is nothing as consistent and solid right now. If it is needed to
set some 'standards' for markup and CSS in Solar widgets, I think we
should take a closer look at YUI.

And I have mentioned this before - I like their javascript library as
well; it covers almost anything, is robust and well documented. I miss
some things from Prototype, but my vote for a javascript library for
Solar would go to YUI. As you said, regarding features, stability,
robustness etc, YUI is a big winner. But we generally prefer what we
are using most; there are other good libraries, we have just to choose
one to dedicate our efforts to.

I'm thinking to start using small pieces from YUI to create some (why
do I have ever to say the word...) widgets, in the hope that some
patterns would emmerge from these tries.

Please let me know if I can help with anything.

regards,
rodrigo moraes