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You would be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Cohost.org. The bespoke, Tumblr-like social media website came and went in a flash. Going public in June 2022 with invite-only registrations, Cohost’s peach and maroon landing page promised that it would be “posting, but better.” Just over two years later, in September Read more…
There was once upon a time when native CSS lacked many essential features, leaving developers to come up with all sorts of ways to make CSS easier to write over the years. These ways can mostly be categorized into two groups: Pre-processors Post-processors Pre-processors include tools like Sass, Less, and Read more…
This article covers tips and tricks on effectively utilizing the CSS backdrop-filter property to style contemporary user interfaces. You’ll learn how to layer backdrop filters among multiple elements, and integrate them with other CSS graphical effects to create elaborate designs. Below is a hodgepodge sample of what you can build Read more…
The cursor is a staple of the desktop interface but is scarcely touched by websites. This is for good reason. People expect their cursors to stay fairly consistent, and meddling with them can unnecessarily confuse users. Custom cursors also aren’t visible for people using touch interfaces — which excludes the Read more…
Normally, I like to publish one of these updates every few months. But seeing as the last one dates back to September of last year, I’m well off that mark and figured it’s high time to put pen to paper. The fact is that a lot is happening around here Read more…
If I were starting with CSS today for the very first time, I would first want to spend time understanding writing modes because that’s a great place to wrap your head around direction and document flow. But right after that, and even more excitedly so, I would jump right into Read more…
The CSS Overflow Module Level 5 specification defines a couple of new features that are designed for creating carousel UI patterns: Scroll Buttons: Buttons that the browser provides, as in literal <button> elements, that scroll the carousel content 85% of the area when clicked. Scroll Markers: The little dots that Read more…
When I was young and dinosaurs walked the earth, I worked on a software team that developed a web-based product for two years before ever releasing it. I don’t just mean we didn’t make it publicly available; we didn’t deploy it anywhere except for a test machine in the office, Read more…
The beauty of research is finding yourself on a completely unrelated topic mere minutes from opening your browser. It happened to me while writing an Almanac entry on @namespace, an at-rule that we probably won’t ever use and is often regarded as a legacy piece of CSS. Maybe that’s why Read more…
I was chatting with Andy Clarke the other day about a new article he wants to write about SVG animations. “I’ve read some things that said that SMIL might be a dead end.” He said. “Whaddya think?” That was my impression, too. Sarah Drasner summed up the situation nicely way back Read more…
