Adobe has announced Adobe Edge – a new tool for creating web animation with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. One of the nice features is the ability to import SVG, PNG, JPG or GIF files. It looks like an easy learning curve if you’re used to working in Flash with the timeline. This will definitely help developers address Apple’s lack of support for Flash on its devices. You can download a free preview from Adobe to check it out.

This is just a quick post to share a couple of good resources. I’m working on an e-book using InDesign (you need CS5 for this), and while looking for the best way to create the table of contents, I found this Lynda.com video. It covers it very well:

This one also has some good info about the difference between EPUB and PDF for e-books:

While working through a code rework on an old site last week, I remembered a few CSS tricks I hadn’t had to use for a while. I thought I’d post a little refresher to share these tips that might help you out of a coding bind.

The child selector:

Let’s say you have an unordered list with an id of ‘nav’ and you only want a certain style on the top level list items. If you try to target them by using #nav li, all of the the list items, even in nested lists in that ul will be targeted. This is the perfect place for a child selector. If you use #nav > li, only the direct children (list items one level down) will be affected. Read the rest of this entry »