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Some Cross-Browser DevTools Features You Might Not Know
22.3.2023
I spend a lot of time in DevTools, and I’m sure you do too. Sometimes I even bounce between them, especially when I’m debugging cross-browser issues. DevTools is a lot like browsers themselves — not all of the features in …
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Scroll Shadows? Pure CSS Parallax? Game Back On.
29.7.2022
Chris calls scroll shadows one his favorite CSS-Tricks of all time. Lea Verou popularized the pure CSS approach using four layered background gradients with some clever background-attachment magic. The result is a slick scrolling interaction that gives users a hint …
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“Evergreen” Does Not Mean Immediately Available
1.2.2022
I have a coworker who is smart, capable, and technologically-literate. Like me, they work on the web full-time.
When they are sharing their screen in a meeting, I find myself disassociating fixating on the red update button in their copy …
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On Browser-Specific URL Schemes
26.10.2021
We’ve covered URL schemes:
A URL Scheme is like “http://…” or “ftp://…”. Those seem like a very low-level concept that you don’t have much control over, but actually, you do!
I’d call it non-trivial, but developers can register new …
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@supports selector()
19.10.2021
I didn’t realize the support for @supports determining selector support was so good! I usually think of @supports as a way to test for property: value pair support. But with the selector() function, we can test for selector support …
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iOS Browser Choice
28.9.2021
Just last week I got one of those really?! 🤨 faces when this fact came up in conversation amongst smart and engaged fellow web developers: there is no browser choice on iOS. It’s all Safari. You can download apps that …
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System *Things
29.6.2021
I think we’re all largely aware of named colors in CSS:
color: OldLace;
background: rebeccapurple;
I guess you’d just call those “named colors” in CSS.
Those aren’t the only kind of named colors there are though. Some of them …
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Debugging iOS Safari
2.6.2021
How do I debug Safari on iOS?
These are my general steps, starting with not even using iOS Safari.
1. Is this just a small-screen problem?
Lemme just use the device mode in Chrome quick.
Note that this does a …
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Is Vendor Prefixing Dead?
5.5.2021
Let‘s take a quick stroll down memory-lane to revisit how vendor prefixing CSS properties came to be. I hope I don’t trigger PTSD for anyone!
It‘s not clear who started prefixing, or when it began exactly. What is clear, is …
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Eliminating five top compatibility pain points on the web
23.4.2021
Robert Nyman and Philip Jägenstedt:
Google is working with other browser vendors and industry partners to fix the top five browser compatibility pain points for web developers. The areas of focus are CSS Flexbox, CSS Grid, position: sticky, 
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Improving Chromium’s browser compatibility in 2020
7.7.2020
This is exactly what I love to hear from any browser vendor:
When it comes to browser compatibility, there are still too many missing features and edge-case bugs. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Things can and will get better, if browser vendors can understand what is causing the most...
A Business Case for Dropping Internet Explorer
28.10.2019
The distance between Internet Explorer (IE) 11 and every other major browser is an increasingly gaping chasm. Adding support for a technologically obsolete browser adds an inordinate amount of time and frustration to development. Testing becomes onerous. Bug-fixing looms large. Developers have...
Caniuse and MDN compatibility data collaboration
10.9.2019
Second only to "silly GIFs," I'd guess screenshots of caniuse are the most common slide graphic at web conferences. It's become the ultimate source for looking at web compatibility data in the hearts and minds of web developers.
Can I use CSS filter in Firefox? Yes. Can I use the filter() function?...
A Conspiracy to Kill IE6
6.5.2019
Chris Zacharias published a few notes about why the team at YouTube added a banner that asked users to switch from IE6 to a more modern browser back in 2009:
The bittersweet consequence of YouTube’s incredible growth is that so many stories will be lost underneath all of the layers of new paint....
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...
A historical look at lowercase defaultstatus
1.4.2019
Browsers, thank heavens, take backward compatibility seriously.
Ancient websites generally work just fine on modern browsers. There is a way higher chance that a website is broken because of problems with hosting, missing or altered assets, or server changes than there is with changes in...