The desktop computer is the underdog of the tech world—a bulky box that screams “1999” while the rest of us flex our slim laptops and shiny new tablets in coffee shops. But here’s the hot take you didn’t know you needed: the humble desktop isn’t just relevant—it’s superior. Forget the trendy gadgets. If you care about […]
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Superscripts and subscripts are essential elements in academic and scientific content — from citation references to chemical formulas and mathematical expressions. Yet browsers handle these elements with a static approach that can create significant problems: elements become either too small on mobile devices or disproportionately large on desktop displays. After years of wrestling with superscript
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Shopify’s 2025 Edition, humorously titled The Boring Edition, takes a no-nonsense approach to improving its platform. Instead of introducing flashy new features, Shopify is doubling down on making its existing tools faster, more customizable, and more efficient. Whether you’re a merchant or a developer, this release promises significant upgrades to help you save time, reduce
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You can safely use scroll-driven animations in Chrome as of December 2024. Firefox supports them, too, though you’ll need to enable a flag. Safari? Not yet, but don’t worry — you can still offer a seamless experience across all browsers with a polyfill. Just keep in mind that adding a polyfill involves a JavaScript library,
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Ah, the age-old cry of “Make the logo bigger!”—a phrase that echoes across boardrooms, email threads, and designers’ nightmares. For decades, graphic designers have faced this seemingly innocent request from clients who are convinced their logo is the single most important element of any design. But let’s dive into the hilarity of this request and
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If you’ve ever used Reddit to dig for answers or insights, you know how much gold is hidden in its threads—but finding it isn’t always straightforward. That’s where Reddit Answers, the platform’s new AI-powered feature, steps in. Think of it as your personal guide to navigating Reddit’s vast treasure trove of conversations. Here’s everything you
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The CSS Working Group (CSSWG) meets weekly (or close to it) to discuss and quickly resolve issues from their GitHub that would otherwise be lost in the back-and-forth of forum conversation. While each meeting brings interesting conversation, this past Wednesday (December 4th) was special. The CSSWG met to try and finally squash a debate that
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I had the pleasure of hosting a recent Smashing Magazine workshop on product design, subbing for Vitaly Friedman who usually runs these things. What? A front-ender interviewing really smart people about their processes for user research, documenting requirements, and scaling teams around usability? I was a product designer once upon a time and even though
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In 2024, CSS has introduced a suite of features that significantly enhance web design capabilities, offering developers more control and flexibility. The “CSS Wrapped 2024” initiative by Chrome DevRel highlights 17 notable additions across components, interactions, and developer experience. Components Enhancements Field Sizing: The field-sizing property allows form elements like textarea, select, and input to
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I strongly believe Anchor Positioning will go down as one of the greatest additions to CSS. It may not be as game-changing as Flexbox or Grid, but it does fill a positioning gap that has been missing for decades. As awesome as I think it is, CSS Anchor Positioning has a lot of quirks, some of
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