Wallop Slider
I hate carousels, but if you’re going to have one, this progressively enhanced approach looks pretty good.
Carousels Don’t Have to be Complicated - The Media Temple Blog
If you have to use a carousel, it doesn’t have to be complicated. Chris runs through some of the options out there. It turns out you can get surprisingly far with CSS alone.
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Reduce the JS Workload with no- or lo-JS options
This is an excellent one-stop shop of interface patterns:
This is an organic collection of common JS patterns that can be replaced with just HTML, CSS, and no, or very low, JS. As HTML and CSS continue to mature, this collection should expand.
699: Jeremy Keith on Web Day Out – ShopTalk
This episode of the Shop Talk Show is the dictionary definition of “rambling” but I had a lot of fun rambling with Chris and Dave!
Why we teach our students progressive enhancement | Blog Cyd Stumpel
Progressive enhancement is about building something robust, that works everywhere, and then making it better where possible.
NoLoJS: Reducing the JS Workload with HTML and CSS - Web Performance Calendar
You might not need (much) JavaScript for these common interface patterns.
While we all love the power and flexibility JS provides, we should also respect it, and our users, by limiting its use to only what it needs to do.
Yes! Client-side JavaScript should do what only client-side JavaScript can do.
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Manual ’till it hurts
Try writing your HTML in HTML, your CSS in CSS, and your JavaScript in JavaScript.
Displaying HTML web components
You might want to use `display: contents` …maybe.
Progressive disclosure defaults
If you’re going to toggle the display of content with CSS, make sure the more complex selector does the hiding, not the showing.