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Bidirectional scrolling: what’s not to like?
6.11.2020
Some baby bear thinking from Adam Silver.
Too hot:
[On horizontal scrolling, like Netflix] This pattern is accessible, responsive and consistent across screen sizes. And it’s pretty easy to implement.
Too cold:
That’s a lot of pros for a pattern that in reality has some critical...
This page is a truly naked, brutalist html quine.
4.11.2020
Here’s a fun page coming from secretGeek.net. You don’t normally think “fun” with brutalist minimalism but the CSS trickery that makes it work on this page is certainly that.
The HTML is literally displayed on the page as tags. So, in a sense, the HTML is both the page...
Distorted Infinite WebGL Slider with Pixi.js
2.11.2020
In this video you'll learn how to code the infinite scrollable image slider from Lamadone Studio using Pixi.js.
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Comparing Static Site Generator Build Times
28.10.2020
There are so many static site generators (SSGs). It’s overwhelming trying to decide where to start. While an abundance of helpful articles may help wade through the (popular) options, they don’t magically make the decision easy.
I’ve been on a quest to help make that decision easier. A colleague...
Particles Image Animation from Mathis Biabiany’s website
26.10.2020
A coding session where you'll learn how to implement the particles effect seen on Mathis Biabiany's website.
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Implementing WebGL Powered Scroll Animations
19.10.2020
Learn some fun WebGL by reconstructing the beautiful scroll animations from Robin Noguier's portfolio.
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Coding the Mouse Particle Effect from Mark Appleby’s Website
12.10.2020
Learn how to create the mouse particle effect from Mark Appleby's website in this ALL YOUR HTML episode.
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Recreating the “100 Days of Poetry” Effect with Shader, ScrollTrigger and CSS Grid
5.10.2020
The latest ALL YOUR HTML live coding session where you'll learn how to recreate the effect seen on the "100 Days of Poetry" website.
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Accessible Web Animation: The WCAG on Animation Explained
22.9.2020
It’s true, web animation can be accessible! Sometimes it just takes a little extra effort to make sure that it is. There are strategic things we can do to make sure our animations have a positive impact on accessibility, like planning how they contribute to the overall UX and ease of use of...
Bitcoin Obituaries Lists Another Crypto Eulogy, 2020 BTC Deaths in the Single Digits
9.9.2020
The infamous “Bitcoin Obituaries” has seen another addition to the long list of deaths since bitcoin’s oldest death on December 15, 2010. According to the list of articles with 382 deaths to-date, bitcoin was declared dead again on September 4, 2020. Ever since Satoshi Nakamoto...
Design.dev Review: A New Place to Find Free High-Quality Design Resources
27.8.2020
The hip new design resource site Design.dev will provide you with unique resources and premium designs that you won't find anywhere else.
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This vs. That
24.8.2020
Here’s a nice site from Phuoc Nguyen, who I’ve noted before has quite a knack for clever sites. This vs. That pits different related concepts against each other as a theme for an article. For example, CSS has display: none;, opacity: 0;, and visibility: hidden; and they all, on...
Why Developers should Design Niche Portfolio Sites for Themselves
20.8.2020
This post will show you how to design niche portfolio sites that instantly impress prospective clients and save you the trouble in trying to find and sell them yourself.
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Holy Albatross with Widths
24.7.2020
Heydon’s Holy Albatross is a technique to have a row of elements break into a column of elements at a specific width. A specified parent width, not a screen width like a media query would have. So, like a container query (ya know, those things that don’t exist yet that we...
News.Bitcoin.com Lead Writer Jamie Redman Named One of the Best Crypto Bloggers
19.7.2020
Lead Writer at News.Bitcoin.com, Jamie Redman has made Redeeem.com’s list of twelve influential go-to crypto bloggers. Redeeem says the list comprises names behind some of the most informative crypto news articles. In its citation, Redeeem says Jamie Redman, who is also a crypto meme...
Some Typography Links
25.6.2020
I just can’t stop opening excellent typography-related articles, which means I need to subject you to blog posts that round them up so I can clean up my open tabs.
Vistaserve is “a grass-roots web hosting initiative hailing from Thornbury, Australia. Inspired by the quirky web of...
5 Myths About Jamstack
9.6.2020
Jamstack isn’t necessarily new. The term was officially coined in 2016, but the technologies and architecture it describes have been around well before that. Jamstack has received a massive dose of attention recently, with articles about it appearing in major sites and publications and...
7 Reasons to Use Illustrations on Your Website (And Examples of How to Do It)
25.5.2020
Are you having a hard time finding photos for your website? The solution might be a simple one: use illustrations. This post will show you how and when they make sense to use.
7 Reasons to Use Illustrations on Your Website (And Examples of How to Do It) was written by Bogdan Sandu and published...
“The Modern Web”
22.5.2020
A couple of interesting articles making the rounds:
Tom MacWrite: Second-guessing the modern web
Rich Harris: In defense of the modern web
I like Tom’s assertion that React (which he’s using as a stand-in for JavaScript frameworks in general) has an ideal usage:
There is a sweet spot...
Radio Buttons Are Like Selects; Checkboxes Are Like Multiple Selects
20.5.2020
I was reading Anna Kaley’s “Listboxes vs. Dropdown Lists” post the other day. It’s a fairly straightforward comparison between different UI implementations of selecting options. There is lots of good advice there. Classics like that you should use radio buttons (single...