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Lumis: Syntax Highlighter powered by Tree-sitter
Lumis looks like a pretty sweet new syntax highlighter tool. Powered by Tree-sitter, of which I can vouch for its speed and power. I like how many runtimes it supports, almost encouraging server-side use, which is the best place for the job when you can pull it off.
Lessons Learned Rewriting a Sticky Detector
Understanding the CSS pointer-events Property: A Complete Reference
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There is a famous document from the CSS Working Group that lists the historical mistakes in the design of CSS. It contains stuff like how box-sizing: border-box; should have been the default, which is why a lot of us still put that in starter stylesheets. Declan Chidlow took a step I’ve never seen anyone take […]
Uber for Dogs: How to Stop & Think for Design
Jacky Gilbertson writes about the real job of design in Uber for Dogs: How to Stop & Think for Design. It doesn’t have anything to do with pixels and colors at first; it has to do with what problem is trying to be solved, why, and for whom. Perhaps it’s an overloaded term, but design […]
The Field Guide to Grid Lanes
The WebKit gang did a good job with The Field Guide to Grid Lanes showcasing what kind of layouts are now achievable with display: grid-lanes;. Basically: Masonry layout, with arbitrary column widths, and proper tabbing order, is now progressive-enhanceable and HTML/CSS only.
Thinking Horizontally in CSS @layer
The Siren Song of ariaNotify()
Mat Marquis details the good-and-dangerous of a new method which we can just make a screenreader say something. There’s a brand new ariaNotify() method — defined by the Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.3 Specification — that provides you with a means of programmatically triggering narration in a screen reader. It accepts a string as its fir