Quickly Build Product Galleries for eCommerce Sites
15.4.2019
When making online purchases, most shoppers make their purchasing decisions based on the use of rich-media. Being able to view the product from different angles is known to increase conversions. In
Awesome Demos Roundup #3
15.4.2019
The third collection of beautiful, creative experiments that we've found around the web.
Awesome Demos Roundup #3 was written by Mary Lou and published on Codrops
Using the Web Speech API for Multilingual Translations
12.4.2019
Since the early days of science fiction, we have fantasized about machines that talk to us. Today it is commonplace. Even so, the technology for making websites talk is still pretty new.
We can make our pages on the web talk using the SpeechSynthesis part of the Web Speech API. This is still...
Inline SVG… Cached
12.4.2019
I wrote that using inline <svg> icons makes for the best icon system. I still think that's true. It's the easiest possible way to drop an icon onto a page. No network request, perfectly styleable.
But inlining code has some drawbacks, one of which is that it doesn't take advantage...
WDRL — Edition 263: Edged Chromium, API Linting with Spectral, AutoComplete Rules, and UI Patents.
12.4.2019
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“Ethics” and Ethics is more than a normal article to read. It’s a long essay about what the word ethics means, how its meaning changed in recent time, and the difficulty of diffusion of responsibility in companies. It makes it hard to address and fix problems in big organizations, which...
Pulling Apart SVGs with Reusable WebGL Components Using React-three-fiber
12.4.2019
Learn how to pull apart SVGs in 3D space with Three.js and React, using abstractions that allow us to break the scene graph into reusable components.
Pulling Apart SVGs with Reusable WebGL Components Using React-three-fiber was written by Paul Henschel and published on Codrops
Netlify Dev - The Power of Netlify on Your Local Computer
12.4.2019
Netlify is never short on new and exciting features. At JAMstack Conf in New York City, they lived up to the h
Accessibility Events
11.4.2019
“There isn't some way to know when—…?”
There is always a pause here. The client knows what they're asking, and I know what they're asking, but putting it into words—saying it out loud—turns unexpectedly difficult.
In the moments before the asking, it was a purely technical question—no different...
Collective #507
11.4.2019
Developer Survey Results 2019 * Well-aimed? * Perflink * UX Agenda * Spider * Color accessibility tools * Citybound
Collective #507 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Edge Goes Chromium: What Does it Mean for Front-End Developers?
11.4.2019
In December 2018, Microsoft announced that Edge would adopt Chromium, the open source project that powers Google Chrome. Many within the industry reacted with sadness at the loss of browser diversity. Personally, I was jubilant. An official release date has yet to be announced, but it will be...
Get a CSS Custom Property Value with JavaScript
11.4.2019
Here’s a neat trick from Andy Bell where he uses CSS Custom Properties to check if a particular CSS feature is supported by using JavaScript.
Basically, he's using the ability CSS has to check for browser support on a particular property, setting a custom property that returns a value of either...
While solving for collaboration, we built a product that our own teams love and use everyday!
11.4.2019
(This is a sponsored post.)
Flock is a messaging and collaboration tool built for both designers and developers. With close-to-zero setup, it brings together all your team’s conversations, appointments, and files in one place, helping you spend more time on what you are best at — building...