$html5-boilerplate-font-family: sans-serif !default;

$html5-boilerplate-fixed-font-family: "Courier New", monospace, serif !default;

$html5-boilerplate-font-size: 13px !default;

$html5-boilerplate-font-color: #444 !default;  //looks better than black: twitter.com/H_FJ/statuses/11800719859

$html5-boilerplate-link-color: #607890 !default;

$html5-boilerplate-link-hover-color: #036 !default;

$html5-boilerplate-link-active-color: #607890 !default;

$html5-boilerplate-link-visited-color: #607890 !default;

$html5-boilerplate-selected-font-color: #fff !default;

$html5-boilerplate-selected-color: #FF5E99 !default;

$html5-boilerplate-selected-font-color: #fff !default;


//
// minimal base styles
//

@mixin html5-boilerplate-base {
  body, select, input, textarea { color: $html5-boilerplate-font-color; }

  h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 { @include optimize-legibility; }

  html {
    @include font-smoothing;
    @include force-scrollbar;
  }

  @include accessible-focus;

  a, a:active, a:visited { color: $html5-boilerplate-link-color; }
  a:hover { color: $html5-boilerplate-link-hover-color; }

  ul { margin-left:30px; }
  ol { margin-left:30px; list-style-type: decimal; }

  small { @include small; }
  strong, th { @include strong; }

  td, td img { vertical-align: top; }

  sub { vertical-align: sub; font-size: smaller; }
  sup { vertical-align: super; font-size: smaller; }

  @include quoted-pre;

  @include align-input-labels;

  @include hand-cursor-inputs;

  @include selected-text;

  @include webkit-tap-highlight;

  @include ie-hacks;
}


// www.aestheticallyloyal.com/public/optimize-legibility/
@mixin optimize-legibility {
  font-weight: bold; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
}

// maxvoltar.com/archive/-webkit-font-smoothing
@mixin font-smoothing {
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

// Accessible focus treatment: people.opera.com/patrickl/experiments/keyboard/test
@mixin accessible-focus {
  a:active { outline: none; }
  a:focus { outline: thin dotted; }
}

@mixin small {
  font-size: 85%;
}

@mixin strong {
  font-weight: bold;
}

// www.pathf.com/blogs/2008/05/formatting-quoted-code-in-blog-posts-css21-white-space-pre-wrap/
@mixin quoted-pre {
  pre {
    padding: 15px;
    white-space: pre; /* CSS2 */
    white-space: pre-wrap; /* CSS 2.1 */
    white-space: pre-line; /* CSS 3 (and 2.1 as well, actually) */
    word-wrap: break-word; /* IE */
  }
}

// align checkboxes, radios, text inputs with their label
// by: Thierry Koblentz tjkdesign.com/ez-css/css/base.css
@mixin align-input-labels {
  input[type="radio"] { vertical-align: text-bottom; }
  input[type="checkbox"] { vertical-align: bottom; *vertical-align: baseline; }
  .ie6 input { vertical-align: text-bottom; }
}

// hand cursor on clickable input elements
@mixin hand-cursor-inputs {
  label, input[type=button], input[type=submit], button { cursor: pointer; }
}

// These selection declarations have to be separate.
// No text-shadow: twitter.com/miketaylr/status/12228805301 
// Also: hot pink.
@mixin selected-text {
  ::-moz-selection{ background:$html5-boilerplate-selected-color; color:$html5-boilerplate-selected-font-color; text-shadow: none; }
  ::selection { background:$html5-boilerplate-selected-color; color:$html5-boilerplate-selected-font-color; text-shadow: none; }
}

// j.mp/webkit-tap-highlight-color
@mixin webkit-tap-highlight {
  a:link { -webkit-tap-highlight-color: #FF5E99; }
}

// always force a scrollbar in non-IE
@mixin force-scrollbar {
  overflow-y: scroll;
}

@mixin ie-hacks {
  // make buttons play nice in IE:    
  // www.viget.com/inspire/styling-the-button-element-in-internet-explorer/
  button {  width: auto; overflow: visible; }

  // bicubic resizing for non-native sized IMG: 
  // code.flickr.com/blog/2008/11/12/on-ui-quality-the-little-things-client-side-image-resizing/
  .ie7 img { -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; }
}