We can mostly blame Internet Explorer, as always.
How to Fix the Web | Brave
The Web is always in trouble for some reason or other. I remember when Microsoft came after Netscape and threatened to lock Web standards into IE. Only the Web is so big, with such reach to billions of users, that no one owns it. This means it will always be contested ground.
Why Browsers Get Built - Infrequently Noted
There are only two-and-a-half reasons to build a browser, and they couldn't be more different in intent and outcome, even when they look superficially similar.
The reckless, infinite scope of web browsers
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Make the Web Work For Everyone – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
Updated 2016/07/22: Commenters found a few data errors (thanks!) which have now been corrected. Millions of websites have compatibility problems on one or more of the major browsers, leading to ...
A few HTML tips – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
A while ago I wrote an article with some CSS tips, now it’s time to give some polish to our HTML! In this article I’ll share some tips and advice ...
Motherfucking Website
You probably build websites and think your shit is special. You think your 13 megabyte parallax-ative home page is going to get you some fucking Awwward banner you can glue to the top corner of your site. You think your 40-pound jQuery file and 83 polyfills give IE7 a boner because it finally has box-shadow. Wrong, motherfucker. Let me describe your perfect-ass website:
Modern CSS snippets. Every old hack, replaced.
Side-by-side comparisons of outdated CSS techniques and their modern native replacements. Grid, custom properties, nesting, container queries, and more.
Modern CSS snippets. Every old hack, replaced.
Side-by-side comparisons of outdated CSS techniques and their modern native replacements. Grid, custom properties, nesting, container queries, and more.
Icons in Menus Everywhere — Send Help
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
Close to the metal: web design and the browser
Websites have evolved over the years, but in the name of evolution, there seems to be mistaken thinking that the process of building a website needs to get more complex, using Javascript frameworks and modern backend systems; when at the end of the day, browsers still only need static HTML content to interpret.
Web components are okay
Every so often, the web development community gets into a tizzy about something, usually web components. I find these fights tiresome, but I also see them as a…
HTML papers on arXiv -- why it is important, and how we made it happen
In October 2023, arXiv made HTML formatted papers available to readers. This was the exciting outcome of over a year of accessibility research and development with the scientific community. Currently, only 2.4% of research outputs meet accessibility guidelines. Informed by scientists who rely on assistive technology, our analysis demonstrates that offering HTML is the most impactful step arXiv can take. Scientists need HTML now, and emphasize to not let perfect be the enemy of good enough. In this paper we share with you how arXiv is achieving HTML conversions from LaTeX now, and our plans for future improvements.
The Anti-Capitalist Web
I’m not sure if any idea has stuck in my head over the last year more than this tweet by Miriam Suzanne : Large companies find HTML & CSS frustrating “at…
Meltdown, Spectre, and the Costs of Unchecked Innovation
Spectre fixes forced browsers to break the compatibility covenant of the web. Other unchecked technologies could cause even deeper damage.
