If we’re gonna criticize utility-class frameworks, let’s be fair about it
22.6.2021
I’m not here to raise a shield protecting CSS utility frameworks. I don’t even particularly like the approach, myself, and nothing is above fair criticism. But fair is a key word there. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve …
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Are we in a new era of web design? What do we call it?
21.6.2021
Una is calling it the new responsive. A nod to the era we were most certainly in, the era of responsive design. Where responsive design was fluid grids, flexible media, and media queries, the new responsive is those things …
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How to Create CSS Charts With Interesting Shapes, Glyphs and Emoji
21.6.2021
Let’s forego the usual circles and bars we typically see used in charts for more eccentric shapes. With online presentations more and more common today, a quick way to spruce up your web slides and make them stand out is …
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Always Show Arrows for Number Input
21.6.2021
While I enjoy small details that make user interfaces more elegant, I also believe that less is more, especially when it comes to native behavior. One native behavior I dislike is that <input type="number" /> elements only show the increment and decrement arrows when the input is focused....
Be: The Fastest and Easiest Way to Build Your Portfolio Site
21.6.2021
You need to build a portfolio for your web design business, but are stressed about the time commitment. Don’t be. With the new and improved Muffin Builder, you can have it online ASAP.
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Using the `outline` Property as a Collapsable Border
18.6.2021
The outline property in CSS draws a line around the outside of an element. This is quite similar to the border property, the main exception being that outline isn’t a part of the box model. It is often used for …
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Links on Typography
18.6.2021
I studied the fonts of the top 1000 websites. Here’s what I learned. — Michael Li brings the data. San-serif has total dominance. “[…] it is rare to go below 10px or above 24px.” And poor <h5> always being the
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Drawing Graphics with the CSS Paint API
18.6.2021
A practical introduction to the CSS Paint API with hands-on examples.
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Perfect Tooltips With CSS Clipping and Masking
17.6.2021
Clipping and masking have been around for a while now in CSS and even have pretty decent browser support. I recently worked on a project that needed to use a clipping technique for tooltips showing above links in text.
Those …
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Start Serving Optimized Images in Vue
17.6.2021
Images have become extremely important to the effectiveness of websites. They speak a 1000 words, attract attention, and stimulate emotions.
However, web performance is also a growing problem for most websites. And images are at the heart of many web …
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Collective #666
17.6.2021
The State of Independence Report 2021 * snk * Storage Foundation API * Implementing Private Fields for JavaScript
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Inline Styles as Classes (lol)
16.6.2021
If you’re abhorred by using inline styles, just move that style to the class attribute! And then make sure you have CSS in place that, ya know, does what it says on the box.
I've revolutionized CSS. pic.twitter.com/1AWCldyCwP
— Sam
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