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Sam Rayner

The Sandbox

Experiments with CSS, (X)HTML and JavaScript

The Sandbox is where I get my hands dirty with some code in an attempt to solve a problem or improve upon an existing technique in some way. For a detailed explanation of each method, visit one of the related blog posts. As always, I'd love to hear what you think in the comments of those posts.

Better Blocklists

Better Blocklists Preview

A much improved method of increasing the clickable area of a link to encompass multiple elements, cutting it right back to POSH and making use of CSS2.1 selectors.

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Pure CSS Rounded Corners

Pure CSS Rounded Corners Preview

A method of creating boxes with slightly rounded corners using ultra-clean markup and a bit of CSS trickery; not an image or line of JavaScript in sight.

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Sam Rayner

Sam Rayner is a 17 year old web developer from Birmingham, UK. When he’s not pushing pixels or grumbling about IE Sam enjoys , sport, photography and writing about himself in third person. You can reach him at .

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Thomas Wright’s Gravatar Thomas Wright on AltFontPrev
3 days, 6 hours ago
I love the way bookmarklets are growing into proper little apps. Mr James is absolutely spot on: the UI super-neat!…
wes’s Gravatar wes on AltFontPrev
3 days, 14 hours ago
thanks for sharing I am going to try this out… It seems like a fun tool
Sam Rayner’s Gravatar Sam Rayner on Changing the Boot Camp Drive Icon
4 days, 8 hours ago
Well personally I’d just use the default drive icon for that John, but I suppose you could make one with…

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