Blog Post Articles

You should know that in-app browser can and do literally inject JavaScript into the websites you visit with them with tracking scripts from the app you’re inside of. And that’s just one thing that sucks about them.

Danila Fedorin’s article about unique UX features in blogs is fun. Here’s some extra thoughts, resources, and opinions.

Having a named block of styles to apply in CSS can be useful, and newfangled Style Queries are pretty close to that. We look at one use case here, how Sass did mixins better, and hope for a native solution.

CSS allows setting different overflow behaviors for x and y directions. It doesn’t actually work with the `hidden` value, but it does with `clip`!

The navigation in this game works with the arrow keys, which is made possible with scroll driven animations, faked collision detection, and maintaining state with CSS custom properties.

Polyfill.io recently served malicious code, redirecting users to inappropriate sites. Subresource Integrity (SRI) can help prevent such issues by verifying script integrity.

The website has the most control, since that’s what applies the CSS. But browsers also have a Dark/Light/System setting, and that can fall through to the OS/Device.

Which one makes more sense to use, big and slow or small and fast? Especially with the same appearance and functionality, the youtube-lite component is a no-brainer.

Sometimes it’s good to know when a browser feature is supported or not so you can do something. Perhaps load a polyfill or just choose a slightly different approach. This post looks at newish features in browsers and shows the test.

This article explores creating a typographic effect that “reveals” text in an interesting animated way.