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Direct link to the article Some Cross-Browser DevTools Features You Might Not Know
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Some Cross-Browser DevTools Features You Might Not Know

I spend a lot of time in DevTools, and I’m sure you do too. Sometimes I even bounce between them, especially when I’m debugging cross-browser issues. DevTools is a lot like browsers themselves — not all of the features in …

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Pankaj Parashar on Mar 22, 2023
Direct link to the article Scroll Shadows? Pure CSS Parallax? Game Back On.
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Scroll Shadows? Pure CSS Parallax? Game Back On.

Chris calls scroll shadows one his favorite CSS-Tricks of all time. Lea Verou popularized the pure CSS approach using four layered background gradients with some clever background-attachment magic. The result is a slick scrolling interaction that gives users a hint …

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Geoff Graham on Jul 29, 2022
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Direct link to the article “Evergreen” Does Not Mean Immediately Available
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“Evergreen” Does Not Mean Immediately Available

I have a coworker who is smart, capable, and technologically-literate. Like me, they work on the web full-time.

When they are sharing their screen in a meeting, I find myself disassociating fixating on the red update button in their copy …

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Eric Bailey on Feb 1, 2022 (Updated on Feb 8, 2022)
Direct link to the article On Browser-Specific URL Schemes
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On Browser-Specific URL Schemes

We’ve covered URL schemes:

A URL Scheme is like “http://…” or “ftp://…”. Those seem like a very low-level concept that you don’t have much control over, but actually, you do!

I’d call it non-trivial, but developers can register new …

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Chris Coyier on Oct 26, 2021
Direct link to the article @supports selector()
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@supports selector()

I didn’t realize the support for @supports determining selector support was so good! I usually think of @supports as a way to test for property: value pair support. But with the selector() function, we can test for selector support …

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Chris Coyier on Oct 19, 2021
Direct link to the article iOS Browser Choice
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iOS Browser Choice

Just last week I got one of those really?! 🤨 faces when this fact came up in conversation amongst smart and engaged fellow web developers: there is no browser choice on iOS. It’s all Safari. You can download apps that …

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Chris Coyier on Sep 28, 2021
Direct link to the article System *Things
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System *Things

I think we’re all largely aware of colors like this:

color: OldLace;
background: rebeccapurple;

I guess you’d just call those “named colors” in CSS.

Those aren’t the only kind of named colors there are though. Some of them are …

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Chris Coyier on Jun 28, 2021
Direct link to the article Debugging iOS Safari
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Debugging iOS Safari

How do I debug Safari on iOS?

These are my general steps, starting with not even using iOS Safari.…

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Chris Coyier on Jun 2, 2021
Direct link to the article Is Vendor Prefixing Dead?
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Is Vendor Prefixing Dead?

Let‘s take a quick stroll down memory-lane to revisit how vendor prefixing CSS properties came to be. I hope I don’t trigger PTSD for anyone!

It‘s not clear who started prefixing, or when it began exactly. What is clear, is …

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Rob O'Leary on May 5, 2021
Direct link to the article Eliminating five top compatibility pain points on the web
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Eliminating five top compatibility pain points on the web

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Robert Nyman and Philip Jägenstedt:

Google is working with other browser vendors and industry partners to fix the top five browser compatibility pain points for web developers. The areas of focus are CSS Flexbox, CSS Grid, position: sticky, 

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Shared by Chris Coyier on Apr 23, 2021
Direct link to the article Improving Chromium’s browser compatibility in 2020
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Improving Chromium’s browser compatibility in 2020

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This is exactly what I love to hear from any browser vendor:

When it comes to browser compatibility, there are still too many missing features and edge-case bugs. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Things can and will

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Shared by Chris Coyier on Jul 7, 2020
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