Google uses Yahoo's Framework

Aaron · 04-24-2008, 03:21 AM

Is it me, or is it weird that Igoogle uses the YUI framework to display its stuff... I mean, doesn't that kind of make google look bad?

Code:

<div class="yui-b">
  <div id="t_1" class="yui-gb">

delayedinsanity · 04-24-2008, 05:20 AM

Maybe they have a CSS coder on staff named Yui.

sjaq · 04-24-2008, 06:42 AM

No yui in here:

Aaron · 04-24-2008, 06:56 AM

Most likely it's embedded somewhere. It uses the exact same markup.

Salathe · 04-24-2008, 01:33 PM

It seem that iGoogle uses a tiny section of YUI Grids CSS (properly attributed to Yahoo) to lay out their modules.

If this amount of CSS can make Google look bad, that's your own opinion, but I feel they're simply making good use of a good resource.

From: http://www.google.com/ig/skins/carbon_footprint/carbon_footprint_footprint_sprite.css

CSS Code:

/* ===============BEGIN BSD LICENSED PORTION============= */
/*
Copyright (c) 2007, Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Code licensed under the BSD License:
http://developer.yahoo.net/yui/license.txt
version: 2.2.0
*/

#modules .yui-b {
  position:static;
  display:block;
  margin:0 0 1em 0;
  float:none;
  width:auto;
  overflow:hidden;
}
.yui-gb .yui-u {
  float:left;
  margin-left:2%;
  *margin-left:1.895%;
  width:32%;
}
.yui-gb div.first {
  margin-left:0;
}
#modules,.yui-gb {
  zoom:1;
}
/* ===============END BSD LICENSED PORTION============= */

CoryMathews · 04-24-2008, 02:38 PM

So you think microsoft would sue google when they buy yahoo?

delayedinsanity · 04-24-2008, 02:48 PM

They can't, Code licensed under the BSD License:....