Miriam Suzanne’s in the middle of a redesign of her personal website. It began in August 2022. She’s made an entire series out of the work that’s worth your time, but I wanted to call out the fifth and latest installment because she presents a problem that I think we can all relate to: But […]
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By definition, an interface is a layer between the user and a system, serving the purpose of communication between them. Interacting with the interface usually requires users to perform certain actions. Different actions can lead to various outcomes, some of which might be critical. While we often need to provide additional protection in case users
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Many of you — perhaps most of you — have been sitting on the sidelines while WordPress and WP Engine trade legal attacks on one another. It’s been widely covered as we watch it unfold in the open; ironically, in a sense. These things can take twists and turns and it doesn’t help that this
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A new tool from Eric Meyer, Brian Kardell, and Stephanie Stimac backed with Igalia’s support. Brian announced it on his blog, as did Eric, describing it like this: What BCD Watch does is, it grabs releases of the Browser Compatibility Data (BCD) repository that underpins the support tables on MDN and services like caniuse.com. It then analyzes what’s changed since
The <select> element is a fairly straightforward concept: focus on it to reveal a set of <option>s that can be selected as the input’s value. That’s a great pattern and I’m not suggesting we change it. That said, I do enjoy poking at things and found an interesting way to turn a <select> into a dial of sorts — where options are selected
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Learn how to efficiently manage and automate Vultr cloud infrastructure using Terraform. This step-by-step guide covers provisioning resources like cloud instances and Kubernetes clusters, ensuring consistency, scalability, and collaboration in your cloud deployments. Continue reading Automating Vultr Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform on SitePoint.
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Mixing colors in CSS is pretty much a solved deal, thanks to the more recent color-mix() function as it gains support. Pass in two color values — any two color values at all — and optionally set the proportions. background-color: color-mix(#000 30%, #fff 70%); We also have the relative color syntax that can manipulate colors
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I was looking over an older article Patrick Brosset penned for us introducing <selectmenu>, a new proposal at the time for a more style-able cousin to <select>. From there, I clicked the linked-up <selectmenu> explainer and got… this: OK, link rot is a thing and happens all the time. Perhaps the site needs a little
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You have to get creative when you lack a strong visual. This month’s design trends roundup focuses on this concept.
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Part of me can’t believe I’m writing this article. Applying the insights of Leonardo da Vinci or Saul Bass to web design is more my groove, but sometimes you simply have to write about spreadsheets. You have to advocate for them. Because someone should. In a checkered career spanning copywriting, journalism, engineering, and teaching, I’ve
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