Apple Music has this “Spatial Audio” feature where the direction of the music in your headphones is based on the location of the device. It’s tough to explain just how neat it is. But that’s not what I’m here to talk about. I opened up the Apple Music app and Read more…
This is a neat idea for a research project. The big map is fun, but the research had some tidbits in it worth looking at. The average favicon network request takes 130ms, at least from our speedy cloud instance. Fast, but not that fast, particularly for a file that nearly Read more…
I’ve got some blind spots in CSS-related performance things. One example is the will-change property. It’s a good name. You’re telling the browser some particular property (or the scroll-position or content) uh, will, change: .el { will-change: opacity; } .el.additional-hard-to-know-state { opacity: 0; } But is that important to do? Read more…
I love little touches that make a website feel like more than just a static document. What if web content wouldn’t just “appear” when a page loaded, but instead popped, slid, faded, or spun into place? It might be a stretch to say that movements like this are always useful, Read more…
The browser has long been a medium for art and design. From Lynn Fisher’s joyful A Single Div creations to Diana Smith’s staggeringly detailed CSS paintings, wildly creative, highly skilled developers have — over the years — continuously pushed web technologies to their limits and crafted innovative, inspiring visuals. CSS, Read more…
Tyler Sticka digs in here in the best possible way: by making a test page and literally measuring performance. Maybe 1,000 icons is a little bit of an edge case, but hey, 250 rows of data with four icons in each gets you there. Tyler covers the nuances carefully in Read more…
Many business websites need a multilingual setup. As with anything development-related, implementing one in an easy, efficient, and maintainable way is desirable. Designing and developing to be ready for multiple languages, whether it happens right at launch or is expected to happen at any point in the future, is smart. Read more…
Inspired by Eva PenzeyMoog’s new book, Jeremy highlights the widespread user tracking situation in this industry: There was a line that really stood out to me: The idea that it’s alright to do whatever unethical thing is currently the industry norm is widespread in tech, and dangerous. It stood out to me Read more…
A reader wrote to me the other day asking about this bit of CSS they came across in Wikipedia’s Common.css: .mw-collapsible-leftside-toggle .mw-collapsible-toggle { /* @noflip */ float: left; /* @noflip */ text-align: left; } What’s that @noflip business? That’s what they are calling a “CSS decorator” and I think that’s a Read more…
I’m not the biggest fan of Atomic CSS myself. I don’t like all the classes. I like to express my styles in CSS because I find CSS… good. But I appreciate that a lot of people seem to like it, and it does have some clear advantages, like the fact Read more…
