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Firefox 68 and dark patterns at scale
#399 — July 10, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusFirefox 68: BigInts, Contrast Checks, and the QuantumBar— Version 68 is now available, featuring support for big integers, whole-page contrast checks,...
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Everything worth knowing about CSS margins and color input controls
#400 — July 17, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusEverything You Need To Know About CSS Margins— At first glance, margins place space around DOM elements, pushing other elements away, but things can get...
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Improving page performance with asynchronously loaded CSS
#401 — July 24, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusThe Simplest Way to Load CSS Asynchronously— “One of the most impactful things we can do to improve page performance and resilience is to load CSS in a...
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Using the web on a 50 MB budget
#402 — July 31, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusI Used The Web For A Day On A 50 MB Budget— Data can be prohibitively costly, especially in developing countries. Chris Ashton puts himself in the shoes...
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Domino's is no a11y?
#403 — August 7, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusDomino’s Asks The Supreme Court to Shut Down Lawsuit Requiring Its Website Be Accessible to Blind People— A blind man has filed a lawsuit against...
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Issue 404 - Issue Not Found?
#404 — August 14, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusTime to First Byte: What It Is and Why It Matters— Just how much does TTFB matter when it comes to frontend performance? Ultimately, "If you’re slow...
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Microsoft introduces beta of its new, Chrome-based Edge browser
#405 — August 21, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusMicrosoft Introduces 'Ready for Everyday Use' Beta of Its Chrome-Based Edge Browser— Available for Windows and macOS, the beta release of Edge is the...
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What happens when a browser is launched for the first time? A lot.
#406 — August 28, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusWhat Happens When You Launch A Browser for The First Time?— A collection of interesting and quite revealing Twitter threads digging into what browsers...
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Firefox 69 released, and how to 'rotate' the mouse cursor with CSS
#407 — September 4, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusMy Favorite CSS Hack— * { border: 1px solid red } is a classic ‘trick’ for debugging CSS and HTML issues by putting borders around every element....
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Google's latest evolution of rel='nofollow'
#408 — September 11, 2019Read on the WebFrontend Focus▶ Horrible Web Interfaces and How to Build Them— This entertaining talk from React Rally looks at a variety of ‘horrible’ Web-based interface...
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Machine learning For frontend developers
#409 — September 18, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusMachine Learning For Frontend Developers With Tensorflow— Charlie Gerard covers how to get started with machine learning using JavaScript and...
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Thoughts on Browser Engine Diversity
#410 — September 25, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusInconsistent Behavior Among Browsers When Clicking on Buttons?— Upon noticing that browsers handle a <button> click in differing ways, the...
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The many ways to link shapes using HTML and CSS
#411 — October 2, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusLayout-Fun with CSS Grid— Tobi experiments with various CSS Grid layouts here, explaining how to work with layout changes that occur following a...
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A web accessibility win following Supreme Court decision
#412 — October 9, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusSupreme Court Hands Victory to Blind Man Who Sued Domino's Over Site Accessibility— Back in August we shared news that pizza company Domino’s was...
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Improving form controls in Chromium
#413 — October 16, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusImages Done Right: Web Graphics, Good to The Last Byte— This detailed and earnest guide covers the essentials of working with digital image formats...
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Firefox 70 is here
#414 — October 23, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusFirefox 70 Released— The latest release includes a handful of interesting CSS changes, such as the display property now accepting two keyword values...
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HTML tags are 28 years old this week
#415 — October 30, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusThe Current State of Styling <select> in 2019— If you’ve ever tried styling form controls with CSS, you’ve probably had a bad time (at least...
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Things you can't do in CSS just yet
#416 — November 6, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusThings We Can’t (Yet) Do In CSS— A look at some common layout patterns that aren’t yet achievable in currently widely supported CSS standards and the...
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How Google wants to move towards a faster Web
#417 — November 13, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusFirefox at 15: Its Rise, Fall, and Privacy-First Renaissance— Mozilla’s browser debuted in 2004, and became a hit before losing ground to Chrome....
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How new features get added to Chrome and Blink
#418 — November 20, 2019Read on the WebFrontend FocusWhat Newspapers Can Teach Us About Web Design— From the Gutenberg Principle to grid systems to above the fold, newspapers teach us much about the...
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