Making google look purty
[From Lifehacker] Check out this Google Reader skin from John Hicks that makes Google reader look like an OSX app in almost every browser (complete with the spotlight-blue header bars, the gray disclosure triangles and the translucent gray panels). It’s so slick and nicely done that I can’t wait for the inevitable Gmail skin. Since it’s not all pink, some of you may not like it (you know who you are) but maybe you can ask John for an all-pink version.
The stylesheet makes extensive use of the Data URI scheme which allows for the inclusion of data items (like images) without making a separate HTTP call by encoding the data inline in the html or css. Pretty cool way of including CSS and several images in a single file. IE doesn’t support Data URIs (natch) but who really cares about IE anymore?
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