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On the Ground at Frostapalooza
19.8.2024
I can’t say I would have ever expected to see Jeremy Keith performing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs song “Maps”, but then again, I don’t know what I expected to happen at Frostapalooza.
The Event
Brad Frost, web …
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All About JavaScript Loops
19.8.2024
Every programming language has loops. Loops perform an operation (i.e., a chunk of work) a number of times, usually once for every item in an array or list, or to simply repeat an operation until a certain condition is met.…
All About JavaScript Loops originally published on CSS-Tricks...
CSSWG Minutes Telecon (2024-08-14)
16.8.2024
I was just going over the latest CSSWG minutes (you can subscribe to them at W3C.org) and came across a few interesting nuggets I wanted to jot down for another time. The group discussed the CSS Values, CSS Easing, and …
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How are the `colspan` and `rowspan` attributes different?
15.8.2024
Yes, yes. Functionally, they are different. But heck if I didn’t know about the wacky thresholds until Jens Oliver Meiert tooted a pair of quick polls.
According to the HTML Standard:
If the current cell has a colspan attribute, then 
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How are the `colspan`...
Quick Hit #11
14.8.2024
Free e-book from Jens Oliver Meiert that’ll bore you to death in the best way: Rote Learning HTML & CSS…
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Quick Hit #10
14.8.2024
Killed by Google is called a “graveyard” but I also see it as a resume in experimentation.…
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“Smart” Layouts With Container Queries
14.8.2024
Modern CSS keeps giving us a lot of new, easier ways to solve old problems, but often the new features we’re getting don’t only solve old problems, they open up new possibilities as well.
Container queries are one of those …
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Dialogues Blog
14.8.2024
“This isn’t a website. Or even a blog. It’s a conversation.”
That’s the idea! Jay Hoffman and I’ve been chatting a long time now, back since he began writing a series on web history. It’s easy-going talking with someone …
Dialogues Blog originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part...
font-size Limbo
13.8.2024
You might recall that Alvaro suggests bumping up font-size to 1.25rem from the default user agent size of 16px. Sebastian Laube pokes at that:
I wouldn’t adopt Alvaro’s suggestion without further ado, as I would waste so much space
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Mental Health in Tech Podcast Interview
12.8.2024
Mental health is always tough to talk about, especially in an industry that, to me, often rewards ego over vulnerability. I still find it tough even after having written about my own chronic depression and exploring UX case studies about …
Mental Health in Tech Podcast Interview originally...
Quick Hit #9
12.8.2024
Heydon with a reminder that <address isn’t for, you know, mailing addresses.…
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HTML Attribute to Allow/Disallow Handwriting Input
12.8.2024
A new explainer for a new HTML attribute to handle handwritten inputs. Like this:
<input type="text" handwriting="true" ... <input type="text" handwriting="false" ... <textarea handwriting="" ... <!-- evaluates to "true" --<div contenteditable...
CSS Chronicles XLII
9.8.2024
Remember these? Chris would write a post now and then to chronicle things happening around the ol’ CSS-Tricks site. It’s only been 969 days since the last one, give or take. Just think: back then we were poking at …
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It’s Time To Talk About “CSS5”
9.8.2024
Ever search for CSS info and run into some article — perhaps even one or a dozen on this site — that looks promising until you realize it was published when dinosaurs roamed the planet? The information is good, but …
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Christian Heilmann: Let’s make a simpler, more accessible web
8.8.2024
Christian Heilmann gave this talk at Typo3 Developer Days. I’m linking it up because it strikes an already stricken nerve in me. The increasing complexity of web development has an inverse relationship with the decreasing number of entry points …
Christian Heilmann: Let’s make...
CSS Olympic Rings
7.8.2024
It was a few years ago during the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo 2020 that I made a demo of animated 3D Olympic rings. I like it, it looks great, and I love the effect of the rings crossing each other.…
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(Hyper) Links About (Hyper) Links
2.8.2024
Heydon on the virtues of hyperlinking hypertext in an anchor element:
Sometimes, the <a> is referred to as a hyperlink, or simply a link. But it is not one of these and people who say it is one are
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HTML Web Components Make Progressive Enhancement and CSS Encapsulation Easier!
1.8.2024
I have to thank Jeremy Keith and his wonderfully insightful article from late last year that introduced me to the concept of HTML Web Components. This was the “a-ha!” moment for me:
When you wrap some existing markup in a
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HTML Web Components Make Progressive Enhancement and...
CSS Functions and Mixins Module Notes
31.7.2024
Most days, I’m writing vanilla CSS. Thanks to CSS variables and nesting, I have fewer reasons to reach for Sass or any other preprocessor. The times I reach for Sass tend to be when I need a @mixin to loop …
CSS Functions and Mixins Module Notes originally published on CSS-Tricks...
Bitcoin Fails to Break $70k in Six Tries: BTC Future Outlook
31.7.2024
After a bullish movement, Bitcoin and Ethereum are showing diverging trends amidst broader market volatility. In a recent report by QCP Broadcast, analysts shed light on the current state of these leading digital assets and their potential next moves. Bitcoin’s Struggle and Ethereum’s...