Comments on: CSS Redundancy Checker

By: DPP

DPP — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:46:49 +0000

I'd thought about it some time ago. I made a feature request for FireBug: [req] Unused CSS styles +solution (proof-of-concept code in JavaScript).

By: Vasili Sviridov

Vasili Sviridov — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:40:47 +0000

I was about to write a similar tool myself, but couldn’t find time. Gotta try this out. And yeah, an online version would be highly appreciated… Maybe a distributable version that people can install locally so that all developers in the office can use it…

By: Tamlyn Rhodes

Tamlyn Rhodes — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:33:39 +0000

I appreciate that it can handle templated code but can it handle javascript? For example, sIFR checks if flash is available and if so, adds a class to the body tag that activates all the sIFR css rules. Wouldn’t this tool miss that? Or what about HTML that is generated in javascript rather than on the server?

It’s a great idea, just wondering if it will be useful to me…

By: Boris Kuzmic

Boris Kuzmic — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:35:51 +0000

Great idea. Keep up the good work.

By: Tom Armitage

Tom Armitage — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:12:41 +0000

To clarify: it _will_ work with server-side generated code. Rather than passing in a directory, pass in a text file containing a list of urls you wish to check. The urls, when called, will be passed to the script in their full rendered state, meaning you can use it to test templated. But you’ve got to pass in the generated HTML, not the original templates.

Hence the list-of-urls solution.

As regarding “more useful if online”, well, maybe, but it’s quite slow, and it’ll be slower if people share it. And as regarding “I don’t use ruby”, well, get it. You don’t have to code in it – just install it, follow the instructions in the README, and run it from your command line. It’s really not hard. And you can always stick a request on the issue tracker if you run into problems.

Thanks for the interest, all.

By: softcodex

softcodex — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:50:26 +0000

good idea, but better & more usefull if online. I dont use ruby…

By: el Mosquito

el Mosquito — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:45:47 +0000

OK, and what about parts of the html page, that are dynamic – either using JavaScript or that are generated by server side scripts/applications? In one moment, all of the CSS rules don’t have to be used in html…
But I greee – it’s a nice idea :-)

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:09:15 +0000

Yeah that would be good. It’d be nice to have it built into CSSEdit, or Coda or something.

By: Kanwal

Kanwal — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:47:08 +0000

Awesome idea! All we need now is an online version. This would be hge for many developers. Who’s up for it?