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Toward Responsive Elements
12.2.2020
Hot news from Brian Kardell, regarding what we've been referring to as "container queries", the most hotly requested feature in CSS:
There does seem to be some general agreement on at least one part of what I am going to call instead "Responsive Design for Components" and that is that flipping...
Is Having an RSS Feed Just Giving Content Away for Free?
7.2.2020
I mean, kinda.
I was just asked this question the other day so I'm answering here because blogging is cool.
The point of an RSS feed is for people to read your content elsewhere (hence the last part of the acronym, Syndication, as in, broadcasting elsewhere). Probably an RSS reader. But RSS...
Select an Element with a Non-Empty Attribute
5.2.2020
Short answer:
[data-foo]:not([data-foo=""] {
Longer answer (same conclusion, just an explanation on why we might need this):
Say you have an element that you style with a special data-attribute:
<div data-highlight="product"</div
You want to target that element and do special things when...
CSS4
4.2.2020
Tab Atkins in 2012:
There has never been a CSS4. There will never be a CSS4. CSS4 is not a thing that exists.
Rachel Andrew in 2016:
While referring to all new CSS as CSS3 worked for a short time, it doesn’t reflect the reality of where CSS is today. If you read something...
Apollo GraphQL without JavaScript
29.1.2020
It's cool to see progressive enhancement being done even while using the fanciest of the fancy front-end technologies.
This is a button in a JSX React component that has a click handler applied directly to it that fires a data mutation Ajax request through Apollo GraphQL. That is about the least...
Use and Reuse Everything in SVG… Even Animations!
28.1.2020
If you are familiar with SVG and CSS animations and started to work with them often, here are some ideas you might want to keep in mind before jumping into the job. This article will be about learning how to build and optimize your code with <use> element, CSS Variables and...
6 Bankers Accused of Earning €30M in Bonuses From German Fraud, Tax Lawyer Out on €4M Bail
22.1.2020
Former bank employees have received bonuses worth millions of euros in an illegal trading scheme that also involved a tax lawyer, prosecutors in Frankfurt revealed this week. The case is part of multiple investigations carried out across Germany, the hardest hit country in a notorious tax fraud...
Crypto Enthusiast’s Day-by-Day Guide to Davos (Part 2)
21.1.2020
Yesterday we shared a blockchain/technology-centered events guide of Davos, with a myriad of crypto and blockchain-related discussions, even an award ceremony. Now, we'll look into the main program at Word Economic Forum (WEF) that started today.
The program listed on WEF’s main site is grouped...
Bitcoin.com Releases SLP Indexer Server for High Performance Token Services
21.1.2020
Bitcoin.com is releasing the open source SLP Indexer Server for validating Simple Ledger Protocol tokens as part of its commitment to the development of the token ecosystem. The tool is designed to make SLP token transactions perform as fast as BCH and empower developers to create even greater...
Decentralization Philosophy Part 1 – From Buddha to the Conquistadors
19.1.2020
Earlier this week, the Let's Talk Bitcoin! Show gathered to discuss decentralization in blockchain projects, the historical context of decentralized organizations, the robustness it conveys but also the difficulties it engenders
Third-Party Components at Their Best
16.1.2020
I'm a fan of the componentization of the web. I think it's a very nice way to build a website at just about any scale (except, perhaps, the absolute most basic). There are no shortage of opinions about what makes a good component, but say we scope that to third-party for a moment. That...
Decred’s Akin Sawyerr Says Blockchain Is Part of Africa’s Political Future
16.1.2020
Blockchain-based governance could lead the way towards better business and political practices around the world, says investor Akin Sawyerr
Anchorage Acquires Merkle as Part of Trading Service Launch
15.1.2020
Custody solution Anchorage now hosts institutional crypto trading, harnessing recently acquired Merkle Data in the process
Kraken Acquires Australian Crypto Platform Bit Trade
15.1.2020
The global crypto exchanges industry continues to consolidate as some smaller players bow out and the big players try to gobble up as much as they can of the rest. As part of this trend, Kraken has now taken over the Australian platform Bit Trade in a bit to strengthen its foothold in the Asia...
China Issues Digital Currency Guide for Party Cadres
14.1.2020
Understanding a complex subject should be easier with access to educational materials. With blockchain and CBDC now part of Beijing’s political vocabulary, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has issued a guide to digital currencies meant to prepare party officials for upcoming changes in...
Court Gives Craig Wright More Time to Await the Mysterious Bonded Courier
11.1.2020
10 days after the Tulip Trust expired, new court filings have appeared in the billion-dollar Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit. One document describes the professed existence of a Tulip Trust III, which was shown to the plaintiffs on January 6, 2020. Another filing shows that Judge Beth Bloom has affirmed...
Lympo to Dedicate Part of the Profit to Purchase Tokens From the Market
10.1.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com
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We started Lympo two years ago with the vision of a healthier and happier world with token-based incentives for healthy choices. At the heart of our innovation is Lympo health data...
Bitcoin History Part 23: The First BTC Escrow
9.1.2020
Before the emergence of crypto exchanges and trustless multi-sig, early bitcoiners saw the need for an escrow service – a mediator to act as a go-between for strangers transacting online. Given the panoply of options now available, it is strange to think that escrow was once provided by a...
Multi-Thumb Sliders: General Case
8.1.2020
The first part of this two-part series detailed how we can get a two-thumb slider. Now we'll look at a general multi-thumb case, but with a different and better technique for creating the fills in between the thumbs. And finally, we'll dive into the how behind the styling a realistic 3D-looking...
Multi-Thumb Sliders: Particular Two-Thumb Case
7.1.2020
This is a concept I first came across a few years back when Lea Verou wrote an article on it. Multi-range sliders have sadly been removed from the spec since, but something else that has happened in the meanwhile is that CSS got better — and so have I, so I recently decided to make my...