Learning Journal 8

This week has been pretty relaxing in terms of class load. There is, though, one thing that I would love to improve on in regards to the class as a whole.

This week (and last as well) were not very good in terms of getting things in on time. I missed the deadline for the tutorial report and the group assessment. Not turning in these assignments was kind of frustrating because I saw the email announcing when they were due, yet I still missed it. I suppose that the problem lies in the fact that I have been depending too much on i-Learn for assignment.

It would be nice if these did appear on the i-learn calendar since the grade is reported on i-learn. I imagine that it would be simple.

On Monday we started our conversation about the power of CSS3. It was really great to be able to take this information into my Creating Online Media class. In that class we learned about how to make a slide show of pictures with CSS3.

Below is an example of my code:

*{margin:0;padding:0} li{ -webkit-animation: darthfader 12s infinite; opacity:0; position:absolute; left:0; } li:nth-child(2){ -webkit-animation-delay: 3s; } li:nth-child(3){ -webkit-animation-delay: 6s; } li:nth-child(4){ -webkit-animation-delay: 9s; } @-webkit-keyframes darthfader { 0% { opacity:0;} 8.33% {opacity:1;} 25% { opacity:1; } 33.3% {opacity:0;} 100% { opacity:0; } }

You will notice that I used the –webkit- addition to the CSS rule. What I learned is that not all browsers support CSS3 so it is good practice to include. So for in the example above, the addition will ensure that legacy users of a webkit-based browser will be able to see the effects that the CSS is supposed to do. Otherwise, it might not show it at all.