The problem here lies in the article header. If you notice in the figure above, it has left padding that makes it aligned with where the logo starts. At first, it seems doable, but you will change your mind when resizing the screen.
Sass already has @if and @else. And that’s a problem, because if CSS starts using @if and @else, there is the potential for syntactic train wrecks. If you’re writing with Sass, how will it tell the difference between its @if and the CSS @if? Will you be forever barred from using CSS conditionals in Sass, if that’s what goes into CSS? Or will Sass be forced to rename those conditionals to something else, in order to avoid clashing — and if so, how much upheaval will that create for Sass authors?
When I started CSS-Tricks in 2007, I couldn’t have imagined how much it would grow. I wanted it to grow, that was the plan, but now it’s a far bigger job than any one person can do. That, I was never ready for. CSS-Tricks deserves more human muscle behind it than I’ve been able to provide for it. That’s where DigitalOcean comes in.
Arguably, one of the most exciting aspects of web development in recent years has been a significantly more consistent level of support for new HTML, CSS, and JS standards amongst web browsers. However, the same cannot be said for email clients despite the introduction of fresh features such as media queries, flex, rem units, and more. Let’s take a look at some of these features and how we can make them work for all email clients, in 2022.
Without accurate, relevant names, roles, and values present, it can be incredibly difficult, if not impossible for someone to use your digital experience. That’s exclusion. Hard stop.
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