Responsive Letter Spacing – Cloud Four
Another clever use of clamp() and calc() for web typography, but this time it’s adjusting letter-spacing.
Is it really safe to start using CSS Grid Layout?
Rachel uncovers a great phrase for dealing with older browsers:
It isn’t your fault, but it is your problem.
She points to multiple ways of using CSS Grid today while still providing a decent experience for older browsers.
Crucially, there’s one message that hasn’t changed in fifteen years:
Websites do not need to look the same in every browser.
It’s crazy that there are still designers and developers who haven’t internalised this. And before anyone starts claiming that the problem is with the clients and the bosses, Rachel has plenty of advice for talking with them too.
Your job is to learn about new things, and advise your client or your boss in the best way to achieve their business goals through your use of the available technology. You can only do that if you have learned about the new things. You can then advise them which compromises are worth making.
Related links
Optimizing PWAs For Different Display Modes — Smashing Magazine
There’s really good browser support for display-mode media queries and this article does a really good job of running through some of the use cases for your progressive web app.
A Friendly Introduction to SVG • Josh W. Comeau
A fantastic explanation of the building blocks of SVG, illustrated—as always—with Josh’s interactive examples.
CSS Form Control Styling Level 1
This looks like a really interesting proposal for allowing developers more control over styling inputs. Based on the work being done the customisable select element, it starts with a declaration of appearance: base.
Knowing CSS is mastery to Frontend Development — Anselm Hannemann
Anselm isn’t talking about becoming a CSS wizard, but simply having an understanding of what CSS can do. I have had similar experiences to this:
In the past years I had various situations where TypeScript developers (they called themselves) approached me and asked whether I could help them out with CSS. I expected to solve a complex problem but for me — knowing CSS very well — it was always a simple, straightforward solution or code snippet.
Let’s face it, “full stack” usually means “JavaScript”—HTML and CSS aren’t considered worthy of consideration. Their loss.
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