Elastic 2.0 Final Release

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Fernando Trasviña

Today Elastic core team releases the version 2.0 of Elastic CSS Framework. Many things where changed. Now Elastic has a simplified syntax, and new features that will help you develop complex layouts even easier than before. We know that the new syntax might be a little problematic because we are not providing backwards compatibility with the previous syntax, that is why we increased the version number.

Here is a list of changes in the final release:

Simplified syntax
auto-columns => columns
two-columns, three-columns, four-columns =>
number of columns => on-#
fixed columns bug
fixed equalized-height refresh bug
fixed printing(still some rules apply but works when followed)
fixed span-# bug when there is one one column
fixed pixel rounding bug when having many columns(now it gets computed fine)
changed span-# now if # is grater than the row it gets setted to the columns per row(it was some serious punishment)
improved engine performace
improved helpers performance
improved pixel rounding algorithm
added support for elastic-height
added support for adaptive-#-# columns
added support for layouts position-x : display x
added support for final on column

We had the chance to fix some ambiguities, and bugs. We are very happy with this new version, it has helped us to accomplish more complex layouts in less time, keeping the cross browser compatibility.

We hope you enjoy it and provide feedback and ideas on how we can improve elastic to a happier coding experience.

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2 Comments »

Roman says:

Hi,

I wish there were a better way to provide feedback and ask questions (maybe a forum?).

One question I have is about Javascript. For which tasks is it necessary when using Elastic CSS? What will happen to layout if JS is disabled?

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