Close to the metal: web design and the browser
It seems like the misguided perception of needing to use complex tools and frameworks to build a website comes from a thinking that web browsers are inherently limited. When, in fact, browsers have evolved to a tremendous degree
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The end of responsive images - Piccalilli
Hallelujah! Support for sizes="auto" is finally landing in Firefox and Safari! Praise be!
Web Day Out - 12 March 2026 — Polytechnic
This was another fantastic conference from the Clearleft team, and one that I hope is repeated next year. It is absolutely incredible what you can do in the browser these days, and even though I thought I was keeping up with the latest developments, it astounded me how far things have come.
CSS or BS?
We show you a CSS property name. You tell us if it’s real or if we made it up. That’s it. It starts easy. It does not stay easy.
Performance-Optimized Video Embeds with Zero JavaScript – Frontend Masters Blog
This is a clever technique for a CSS/HTML only way of just-in-time loading of iframes using details and summary.
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That was Web Day Out
An excellent day of talks in Brighton exactly 37 years after the birth of the World Wide Web.
A web font strategy
How I’m prioritising performance when it comes to typography on The Session.
Installing web apps
BeforeInstallPromptEvent vs. navigator.install
The datalist element on iOS 26
Once again, Safari has fucked up its implementation.
Why use React?
Or, more precisely, why use React *in the browser*?