That Time I Tried Explaining HTML and CSS to My 5-Year Old Niece
I would like to tell you what I learned from a five-year old child about HTML and CSS. Just when I opened my code editor…
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HTML Web Components Proposal From 1998
Web components, as imagined in 1998 from a never-adopted specification: Componentization is a powerful paradigm that allows component users to build applications using ‘building blocks’…
Getting Creative With “The Measure”
I spend an unhealthy amount of time on the typography in my designs, and if you’ve read any traditional typography books, you might remember “the…
Scrollytelling on Steroids With Scroll-State Queries
Read you a story? What fun would that be? I’ve got a better idea: let’s tell a story together. — Photopia by Adam Cadre Do…
Prevent a page from scrolling while a dialog is open
Bramus: Chrome 144 features a small change to overscroll-behavior: it now also works on non-scrollable scroll containers. While this change might seem trivial, it fixes an…
On Inheriting and Sharing Property Values
Sometimes I want to set the value of a CSS property to that of a different property, even if I don’t know what that value…
Sketch: A guided tour of Copenhagen
Sketch is getting a massive UI overhaul, codenamed Copenhagen: Our latest update — Copenhagen — features a major redesign of Sketch’s UI. Redesigns like this don’t happen…
Should We Even Have :closed?
For the past few months, I’ve been writing a lot of entries on pseudo-selectors in CSS, like ::picker() or ::checkmark. And, in the process, I noticed I tend…
The “Most Hated” CSS Feature: asin(), acos(), atan() and atan2()
This is a series! It all started a couple of articles ago, when we found out that, according to the State of CSS 2025 survey, trigonometric functions were the “Most…
Quiet UI Came and Went, Quiet as a Mouse
A few weeks ago, Quiet UI made the rounds when it was released as an open source user interface library, built with JavaScript web components.…
The Range Syntax Has Come to Container Style Queries and if()
The range syntax isn’t a new thing. We‘re already able to use it with media queries to query viewport dimensions and resolutions, as well as…
Headings: Semantics, Fluidity, and Styling — Oh My!
A few links about headings that I’ve had stored under my top hat. “Page headings don’t belong in the header” Martin Underhill: I’ll start with…
Explaining the Accessible Benefits of Using Semantic HTML Elements
Here’s something you’ll spot in the wild: <div class=”btn” role=”button”>Custom Button</div> This is one of those code smells that makes me stop in my tracks…
The “Most Hated” CSS Feature: tan()
Last time, we discussed that, sadly, according to the State of CSS 2025 survey, trigonometric functions are deemed the “Most Hated” CSS feature. That shocked me.…
Getting Creative With Small Screens
Over the past few months, I’ve explored how we can get creative using well-supported CSS properties. Each article is intended to nudge web design away…