Question

Tables have been used in designing web sites for a very long time. Yet, even today, with the multitude of browsers available, many compatibility and accessibility issues rise to the surface. All these issues must be addressed in order to ensure a web site is completely functional to all users including those using alternate browsers.

Among the many issues related to tables, the most disturbing one (for users as well as web developers) is browser compatibility. Among the most common browsers today, we see Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera and Mozilla. However, there are several versions of each on the market. This means that web sites should be tested on as many versions as possible in order to obtain an accurate compatibility analysis.

So if a web designer says he know css based layouts,

• How to test a web designer on css layouts?
• What are the questions he must be able to answer on css layouts?

Answer 1

Are you hiring?

I’ll ask him the following questions

• If he knows padding, margin, hover … and similar things that are small but important.
• I’ll ask him if he can design a layout using only “divs”, whatever the situation (2, 3.. X columns is).
• I’ll check if he knows techniques like CSS boxes, link design, list menu.
• He must know how to use selectors well.
• He should know how to target IE or other browser (or he won’t be able to fix bugs).
• He should know how to use Firebug or a similar tool.