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Are you using Web Components yet?
🚀 Frontend Focus#604 — August 2, 2023 | Read on the webGenerating Randomness in CSS with Trigonometry— A look at an interesting way to generate pseudo-random values in plain CSS by using some of the...
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An HTML element reunion
🚀 Frontend Focus#605 — August 9, 2023 | Read on the webA Blog Post with Every HTML Element? Almost.— Taking 18 months to come together, this post makes a brave attempt to squeeze every HTML element...
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Using CSS to test your refresh rate.
🏝️ In an attempt to see some sunshine, the newsletter is taking a break next week— I'll be back in your inbox on Wednesday, August 30. Catch you then!__Chris Brandrick, your editor🚀 Frontend Focus#606...
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Here's why you shouldn't make viewport assumptions
👋 Hey! After a week off, we're back with more frontend updates. Let's get to it!__Chris Brandrick, Editor🚀 Frontend Focus#607 — August 30, 2023 | Read on the webThe Ideal Viewport Doesn’t Exist— In an...
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Astro 3.0 released, and RIP to a Web hero
👋 Hello! This week we've asked Michelle Barker to share a few of her favourite frontend tools. Be sure to scroll down and see them.__Chris Brandrick, Editor🚀 Frontend Focus#608 — September 6, 2023 |...
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Being lazy in the right places
👋 Hey! This week we've asked Chris Coyier to share a few of his favorite tools and services. Be sure to scroll down and check them out.__Chris Brandrick, Editor🚀 Frontend Focus#609 — September 13,...
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Safari 17 is here
👋 Hello! This week we've asked Ahmad Shadeed to share a few of his favorite frontend tools. Be sure to scroll down and see them.__Chris Brandrick, Editor🚀 Frontend Focus#610 — September 20, 2023 |...
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What do you think about HTML in 2023?
🚀 Frontend Focus#611 — September 27, 2023 | Read on the webTake the State of HTML 2023 Survey (and Change the Web)— A new survey from the folks behind State of JavaScript and State of CSS. This is a...
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How Photoshop uses browser tech to the limits
🚀 Frontend Focus#612 — October 4, 2023 | Read on the webThe Ultimate Low-Quality Image Placeholder Technique— Harry notes the importance in offering a reasonably pleasant experience for users who find...
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Some Tailwind CSS best practices
🚀 Frontend Focus#613 — October 11, 2023 | Read on the webWhen to Nest CSS— CSS nesting is great, but Scott notes it should be used with some caution. The complex answer given here to the question of...
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Test how many HTML tags you know
🚀 Frontend Focus#614 — October 18, 2023 | Read on the webHow Custom Property Values are Computed— Stephanie brings us up to speed on how browsers compute CSS custom property values, noting that a...
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When a hundred developers code the same layout
🚀 Frontend Focus#615 — October 25, 2023 | Read on the webIntroducing Horizontal Rules for <select>— As of Chrome 119 and Safari 17, you can add <hr> elements into a list of select options...
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None of the top 100 sites uses fully conformant HTML?
🚀 Frontend Focus#616 — November 1, 2023 | Read on the web<browser-window>: A Web Component to Create Pretend Browser Windows on the Web— Initially built to use within a slide deck (for this...
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Another way to split your select elements
🚀 Frontend Focus#617 — November 8, 2023 | Read on the webHow Core Web Vitals Saved Users 10,000 Years of Waiting for Web Pages to Load— Highlights the performance achievements brought about by web...
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A new metric for interaction responsiveness in 2024
🚀 Frontend Focus#618 — November 15, 2023 | Read on the webA Faster Web in 2024— The responsiveness metric Google uses in the Core Web Vitals assessment is changing in 2024 (to INP– 'Interaction to...
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An interactive guide to CSS Grid
🚀 Frontend Focus#619 — November 22, 2023 | Read on the webAn Interactive Guide to CSS Grid— CSS Grid is a powerful and almost universally supported approach for building modern web layouts, but...
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HTML hacks that shaped the Web
🚀 Frontend Focus#620 — November 29, 2023 | Read on the webTen Weird HTML Hacks That Shaped the Web— A curious history lesson looking back at old table hacks, CSS kludges, and various quirky coding...
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Should web perf tools report carbon emissions?
🚀 Frontend Focus#621 — December 6, 2023 | Read on the webTaking Care Beyond Code: 7 Best Design Practices for Frontend Developers— When a frontend engineer fails to think about the importance of...
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2023 was kind to CSS and the web platform
🚀 Frontend Focus#622 — December 13, 2023 | Read on the webCSS Wrapped: 2023— 2023 was truly a huge year for all things CSS. This detailed post from the Chrome teams brings together all of the headline...
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:has has broad browser backing
🎄 This is the final issue of Frontend Focus in 2023, and there's plenty to check out before we sign off! Thank you so much for reading along with us this year — as ever, we hope the newsletter...
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