IE Opacity Ignores Positioned Children

Posted by Sean on Apr 12, 2010 under ,

The CSS2 Opacity property doesn't work in the current versions of Internet Explorer - through IE8. However, it has provided a way to achieve similar results with a different method, using IE's filter property.  Javascript frameworks usually work this in for you when you try to set an elements opacity in a cross-browser fashion.

It should come as no surprise that there are bugs that arise from this filter property. One is that the filter doesn't cascade to children that have their position as anything besides static.

Enthusiasm Starts at the Top

Posted by Sean on Apr 01, 2010 under

Some people can get super excited about their projects, and others can’t wait till it’s done. That attitude, that enthusiasm, bleeds into everyone else on the project. Some people might try to argue that everyone controls their own attitude, and to a degree, they’d be right. But this isn’t about whether individuals can overcome a dominant attitude. That’s not the issue at stake. The issue is that by being glum or not-caring about your project will affect others working on it, and why would you bet on them being able to overcome your apathy?

Your enthusiasm (or lack thereof) will rub off onto your workers, and even onto your customers.