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Rich Harris

A new technique for making responsive, JavaScript-free charts

• 31 January 2020
• SVG, Svelte
• 1 reaction

I really like this clever use of a mix of SVG[1] and HTML/CSS to create responsive charts.

Tyler Sticka

Spoiled by the Web

• 31 January 2020
• Web, mobile, native, app, resilience

The web is far from perfect, but I think we underrate how resilient it can be. I miss it every time I’m away.

Adam Silver

In defence of graceful degradation and where progressive enhancement comes in

• 30 January 2020
• progressive enhancement

Interesting explanation about graceful degradation not being the opposite of progressive enhancement.

Amelia Wattenberger

The CSS Cascade, or how browsers resolve competing CSS styles

• 30 January 2020
• CSS

This is a great explanation/illustration of the CSS Cascade! 👍

Jake Archibald and Surma

Humans can't read URLs. How can we fix it?

• 29 January 2020
• Web, URL, browser, security
• 17 reactions

Jake leads this HTTP 203[1] episode with his reflexions about current URL display practice in browsers, and how it could be improved, at least for security.

Michelle Barker

Optimising SVGs for the Web

• 28 January 2020
• SVG, WebPerf

Optimising SVGs (scalable vector graphics) for web projects has the dual benefits of reducing the file size and making them easier to work with. […] In this article I’ll share my process for optimising SVG assets, which may help you if you’re a designer or developer unfamiliar with working with SVG on the web.

Heydon Pickering

Listen To Me And Not Google

• 15 January 2020
• accessibility, UX, Google

We have to stop confusing the excesses of capitalism with the hallmarks of quality. Sometimes Google aren’t better, they’re just more pervasive.

Florens Verschelde

A short history of body copy sizes on the Web

• 15 January 2020
• accessibility, font
• 1 reaction

A nice overview of the many variations body copy has seen since the Web exists.

Yoav Weiss

Intent to Deprecate and Freeze: The User-Agent string

• 14 January 2020
• Web, privacy, User-Agent

User-Agent sniffing, used for example to (try to) perform dynamic serving instead of true responsive web design, has always been a really bad practice, for different reasons: