(This is a sponsored post.) High-velocity, online businesses produce multiple digital assets like banners, images, videos, PDFs, etc., to promote their businesses online. For such businesses, Digital Asset Management (DAM) solutions are essential. These solutions help centrally store, manage, … https://css-tricks.com/new-age-dam-apis-to-simplify-your-media-workflows/
Lea Verou made a Web Component for processing Markdown. Looks like there were a couple of others out there already, but I agree with Lea in that this is a good use case for the light DOM (as opposed … https://css-tricks.com/on-yak-shaving-and-md-block-a-new-html-element-for-markdown/
Animation on the web is often a contentious topic. I think, in part, it’s because bad animation is blindingly obvious, whereas well-executed animation fades seamlessly into the background. When handled well, animation can really elevate a website, whether it’s just … https://css-tricks.com/empathetic-animation/
I hadn’t heard of most of the Chrome extensions that Sarem Gizaw lists as 2021 favorites. Here are my hot takes on all of them, except the virtual learning specific ones that aren’t very relevant to me.
LoomOh that’s … https://css-tricks.com/our-favorite-chrome-extensions-of-2021/
One of the best things you can do for your website in 2022 is add a service worker, if you don’t have one in place already. Service workers give your website super powers. Today, I want to show you some … https://css-tricks.com/add-a-service-worker-to-your-site/
One of the coolest things I’ve been messing with in the last couple years is the CSS Paint API. I love it. I did a talk on it, and made a little gallery of my own paint worklets… https://css-tricks.com/honor-prefers-color-scheme-in-the-css-paint-api-with-custom-properties/
The first time I had my breath taken away by a humble scrollbar was on this very site. When CSS-Tricks v17 rolled out with its FAT CHONKY BOI, my jaw dropped.
I didn’t know you could do that on … https://css-tricks.com/strut-your-stuff-with-a-custom-scrollbar/
How do you make a great website? Everyone has an answer at the ready: Flashy animations! The latest punk-rock CSS trick! Gradients! Illustrations! Colors to pack a punch! Vite! And, sure, all these things might make a website better. But … https://css-tricks.com/care-for-the-text/
One thing people can do to make their websites better is to remember that you are not representative of all your users. Our life experiences and how we interact with the web are not indicative of how everyone interacts with … https://css-tricks.com/remember-you-are-not-the-user/
Last year, we kicked out a roundup of published surveys, research, and other findings from around the web. There were some nice nuggets in there, like a general sentiment that the web needs more documentation, Tailwind CSS dun … https://css-tricks.com/2021-roundup-of-web-research/