A few months ago I posted a tip on how to Minimise file size with the YUI Compressor TextMate Bundle. The idea is to get minifying of CSS and JavaScript files into your workflow even if your server or CMS isn’t setup to do it automatically for you.

It works well, but I recently ran into a YUI Compressor bug that had me scratching my head for quite some time. Some of my media queries simply weren’t working. I checked the Media Queries specification, read various tutorials and examples from around the Web, and despite my syntax being correct some things just wouldn’t work.

Incredibly frustrating, but I found out what the problem was and how to fix it.

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