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Direct link to the article 301: Let it Snow (Code)!

301: Let it Snow (Code)!

[Geoff:] This is the first year I’ve lived where it snows in the winter. One morning our family woke up and smushed our faces against the glass door to the backyard to marvel at our mini winter wonderland. I never …

Dec 20, 2022
Direct link to the article 300: Waxing Nostalgic on the Virtual Townsquare

300: Waxing Nostalgic on the Virtual Townsquare

[Geoff:] I think like lots of y’all, I’m not sure what to make of social media these days. There are two personal memories I have of when Twitter felt like magic. The first was seeing one of my earliest tweets …

Nov 23, 2022 (Updated on Nov 29, 2022)
Direct link to the article 299: Toe-Dipping Into Cascade Layers

299: Toe-Dipping Into Cascade Layers

[Geoff:] I’ve developed a habit on CodePen where I start structing my CSS in cascade layers. Because I demo a lot of stuff, I often want the most relevant styles at the very top of the CSS. I’ve usually done …

Oct 31, 2022
Direct link to the article 298: All Aboard the Acquisitions Train!

298: All Aboard the Acquisitions Train!

[Geoff:] The news that Adobe is acquiring Figma produced typical knee-jerk reactions in both directions. I’m not here to add to the noise; you already know how you feel about it and my take isn’t any different than what you …

Sep 23, 2022 (Updated on Sep 26, 2022)
Direct link to the article 297: Desks, Dashes, Document Outline Drama

297: Desks, Dashes, Document Outline Drama

[Geoff]: There’s been a recent resurgence in the Document Outline debate, though this time with a (sorta) resolution. The original idea that we could have an outline algorithm that allows us to use <h1> as a generic heading element anywhere …

Aug 8, 2022 (Updated on Sep 19, 2022)
Direct link to the article 296: Valuing Sites, Color Fonts, CSS Logic

296: Valuing Sites, Color Fonts, CSS Logic

[Chris]: Hey! Thanks for tuning in for another week of CSS-Tricks news! Future issues of this newsletter will be coming from the gang at DigitalOcean so if they look a smidge different, that’s why! Reminder! If you’d like to keep …

Mar 29, 2022
Direct link to the article 295: Hidden Until Found

295: Hidden Until Found

[Chris]: Hey hey — it’s been about a week since we announced the ownership transition of this site to DigitalOcean. The outpouring of positivity and support has been overwhelming in the best sort of way. Even my comrades Geoff…

Mar 18, 2022 (Updated on Mar 29, 2022)
Direct link to the article 294: An Announcement

294: An Announcement

[Chris]: Hey gang! Lemme start with the big news. I know some of you are specifically newsletter readers and this might be the first you’re hearing of it: DigitalOcean has acquired CSS-Tricks. That’s this site! This newsletter! That last link …

Mar 15, 2022
Direct link to the article 293: Interop on Interop

293: Interop on Interop

[Chris]: I got a kick out of the synchronized blog post publishing around Interop 2022.

  • WebKit: Working together on Interop 2022 (HTML has <meta property="article:published_time" content="2022-03-03T09:00:44-08:00")
  • Mozilla: Announcing Interop 2022 (HTML has <abbr class="published" title="2022-03-03T09:00:02-08:00"
…
Mar 7, 2022
Direct link to the article Special Hot Links Edition

Special Hot Links Edition

[Chris]: I’ve been savin’ up some 🔥 hot links to share with ya, which I’ll do below in this special hot links edition of the CSS-Tricks Newsletter brought to you buy Shortcut, built specifically for software teams.


Of…
Mar 2, 2022
Direct link to the article 292: A Short History of Specificity

292: A Short History of Specificity

[Robin]: Sometimes CSS can feel like everyone is shouting…

.overly#powerful .framework.widget {
  color: maroon;
}

Ah! Please stop yelling at me!

Whenever I read stuff like this I think ah, yes, you are trying to override some other CSS in …

Feb 28, 2022 (Updated on Jul 14, 2022)
Direct link to the article 291: The Ghostly Tale of the Phantom Bounces

291: The Ghostly Tale of the Phantom Bounces

👻 👻 👻

[Robin]: This week Simon Hearne wrote this mighty fine piece about web performance and survivorship bias. His argument is this: we have a bunch of data about how our website is doing (and how poor the …

Feb 21, 2022
Direct link to the article 290: Designing context menus, CSS presentations, and complaining about web browsers

290: Designing context menus, CSS presentations, and complaining about web browsers

[Robin]: Stephanie Eckles wrote this nifty piece about how to use CSS scroll snap to make a website that feels more like a slide deck. With just a few interesting bits of HTML and CSS, you can make a pretty …

Feb 14, 2022
Direct link to the article 289: The Problem With Evergreen Browsers

289: The Problem With Evergreen Browsers

[Robin]: Here’s a smart take from Eric Bailey: just because we have evergreen browsers doesn’t mean we can use the latest features. “Evergreen browsers” here meaning browsers like Chrome and Firefox that update automatically without you having to …

Feb 7, 2022 (Updated on Sep 19, 2022)
Direct link to the article Special Edition: Web Development Advice

Special Edition: Web Development Advice

I love it when a seasoned developer feels compelled to get a bit retrospective and share advice that they’ve had to learn the hard way in their careers. It often gets a bit philosophical and sometimes a bit Reader’s Digest-y …

Feb 3, 2022 (Updated on May 18, 2022)
Direct link to the article 288: Dappled Light with CSS and Fluid Typography

288: Dappled Light with CSS and Fluid Typography

[Robin]: Regular contributor to the blog and all-around outstanding CSS-er, Preethi, had one of those ideas that makes me wake up as if I’ve been splashed with cold water whenever I hear it: what if we made this weird thing …

Jan 31, 2022
Direct link to the article Special Edition: CSS in Web Performance

Special Edition: CSS in Web Performance

Surprise surprise, we write about CSS quite a bit around here. It’s always interesting to think about where it sits in the pantheon of web performance. Generally, the biggest thing that is talked about with web performance is stuff like …

Jan 27, 2022
Direct link to the article 287: The History of CSS Tricks’ Design

287: The History of CSS Tricks’ Design

[Robin]: CSS-Tricks started way back in 2007. That’s 15 years! Since then Chris has redesigned the website a bunch of times and with each new version of the site comes a visual refresh, a new trick or two, and the …

Jan 24, 2022
Direct link to the article 286: CSS Cascade Layers are (almost) here

286: CSS Cascade Layers are (almost) here

[Robin]: The next big thing that’s coming to a browser near you is CSS Cascade Layers. Una Kravets made a great video all about them and how they’re coming to Firefox and Chrome pretty dang soon. I’d definitely watch …

Jan 17, 2022
Direct link to the article 285: The Year of the Container Query

285: The Year of the Container Query

[Robin]: My hunch is that 2022 will be The Year of the Container Query. Everyone’s excited about them, and for good reason: this new and fancy addition to CSS makes a component respond to whatever container they’re placed in. For …

Jan 10, 2022
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