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Should we NEVER use non-logical properties?

By Chris Coyier on July 31, 2025

Best bet: just always use them.

More nuanced take: there is a few situations where using the physical property is still releavant.

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Is there a Correct Answer? Flipping Layouts When Google Translate Swaps between a Left-to-Right Language and a Right-to-Left Language

By Chris Coyier on May 16, 2025

Google Translate doesn’t change the `dir` of a site when translating from LTR to RTL… but you could.

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