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South Korean Court: Exchange Must Cover User’s Stolen Cryptocurrency
27.9.2019
A district court in Seoul has ruled that cryptocurrency exchange CoinOne must partially cover an investor’s hacked funds
Kraken is Working on ‘Major Change’ in User Experience - Dan Held
24.9.2019
Dan Held. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube / Dan Held
Improving user experience is one of the main focus areas at Kraken this year and the popular, U.S.-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange plans “major change” in the next 2-6 months, Dan Held, Director of Business Development of the company...
Get Geographic Information from an IP Address for Free
24.9.2019
Say you need to know what country someone visiting your website is from, because you have an internationalized site and display different things based on that country. You could ask the user. You might want to have that functionality anyway to make sure your visitors have control, but surely they...
Two Browsers Walked Into a Scrollbar
18.9.2019
Surprise: scrollbars are complicated, especially cross-browser and cross-platform.
Sometimes they take up space and sometimes they don't. Sometimes that is affected by a setting and sometimes it isn't. Sometimes you can see them and sometimes you can't unless you're actually scrolling. Styling...
InnfiRAT Malware Searches for Cryptocurrency Information in PC and Steals User’s Personal Information
14.9.2019
A new malware, InnfiRAT have recently been discovered where it searches for cryptocurrency information and browser cookie information. Scientists have detected a remote access Trojan described as InnfiRAT, which is equipped for digital spying and data disappearance. Precisely, InnfiRAT...
Binance.US User Account Registration Begins on September 18th
12.9.2019
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange will start user account applications for its new US-based branch on Wednesday, September 18 at 08:00 according to Easter Time. The application processing for participating traders will be started early to facilitate the live launch of trading....
Binance.US Will Open User Registration Next Week
11.9.2019
Binance announced that it will open user registration and deposits on its U.S. platform next week
How to Create a Webcam Audio Visualizer with Three.js
6.9.2019
A tutorial on how to create a Three.js powered audio visualizer that takes input from the user's webcam.
How to Create a Webcam Audio Visualizer with Three.js was written by Ryota Takemoto and published on Codrops
5 Key Concepts from Day One at Bitcoin Cash City
5.9.2019
With day one of North Queensland’s Bitcoin Cash City all wrapped up, conference attendees were left with an overflow of big ideas to distill, process, and potentially integrate. These include underwriting merchant adoption, building tech parks and mining operations, BIP70 applications...
Multiline truncated text with “show more” button
4.9.2019
Now that we've got cross-browser support for the line-clamp property, I expect we'll see a lot more of that around the web. And as we start to see it more in use, it’s worth the reminder that: Truncation is not a content strategy.
We should at least offer a way to read that that truncated content...
Burundi Bans Cryptocurrency Trading Due to Lack of User Protection
4.9.2019
The Republic of Burundi has banned crypto trading in the country following a request from the public
Need to scroll to the top of the page?
2.9.2019
Perhaps the easiest way to offer that to the user is a link that targets an ID on the <html> element. So like...
<html id="top">
<body>
<!-- the entire document -->
<a href="#top">Jump to top of page</a>
...
Binance Launches Two Crypto Futures Platforms for User Testing
2.9.2019
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched two test platforms for its crypto futures products, with users to decide the official version
Reusable Popovers to Add a Little Pop
26.8.2019
A popover is a transient view that shows up on top of a content on the screen when a user clicks on a control button or within a defined area. For example, clicking on an info icon on a specific list item to get the item details. Typically, a popover includes an arrow pointing to the location from...
Weekly Platform News: Improving UX on Slow Connections, a Tip for Writing Alt Text and a Polyfill for the HTML loading attribute
23.8.2019
In this week's roundup, how to determine a slow connection, what we should put into alt text for images, and a new polyfill for the HTML loading attribute, plus more.
Detecting users on slow connections
Algolia is using the Network Information API (see the API’s Chrome status page) to detect users...
Navbar Nudging on @keyframers
22.8.2019
I got to be the featured guest over on The Keyframers the other day. We looked at a Dribbble shot by Björgvin Pétur Sigurjónsson and then slowly built it, taking some purposeful detours along the way to discuss various tech.
We start by considering doing it entirely in CSS, then go for some light...
Blockchain.com Partners Polkadot; Aims at Cross-Blockchain Interoperability And User Empowerment
22.8.2019
Blockchain.com announced its partnership with Polkadot Network on 20th Aug. The Luxembourg based crypto data supplier and crypto wallet platform- Blockchain.com revealed that the main objective behind this partnership is to grow the network to strengthen the ‘user-governance and interoperability.’...
Lazy load embedded YouTube videos
20.8.2019
This is a very clever idea via Arthur Corenzan. Rather than use the default YouTube embed, which adds a crapload of resources to a page whether the user plays the video or not, use the little tiny placeholder webpage that is just an image you can click that is linked to the YouTube embed.
It still...
Weekly Platform News: HTML Loading Attribute, the Main ARIA Specifications, and Moving from iFrame to Shadow DOM
15.8.2019
In this week's roundup of platform news, Chrome introduces a new attribute for loading, accessibility specifications for web developers, and the BBC moves visualizations to the Shadow DOM.
Chrome ships the loading attribute
The HTML loading attribute for lazy-loading images and iframes is...
PR: Decentralized Recurring Crypto Payments System Launched by Monarch Blockchain
13.8.2019
Monarch, the decentralized wallet and suite of crypto services, has launched the first decentralized recurring payments system Until now, there’s been no way to automatically pay merchants in crypto on a recurring basis due to the limits of blockchain-based transactions. To solve this, Monarch...