In May I spoke at the 10th (and final 😔) edition All Day Hey! in Leeds, UK. I opened the conference with a talk on View Transitions.
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# The Talk
This talk dived deeply into the more experimental stuff of View Transitions.
Ever wondered what happens when you push the View Transition API beyond its documented limits? This talk throws caution to the wind and explores the wild side of View Transitions, cranking them up to 11. We’ll combine them with Scroll-Driven Animations, trigger them automatically with MutationObserver, and even resurrect classic Internet Explorer’s Page Transitions using this modern API. Prepare for unconventional use cases, unexpected results, and a healthy dose of experimentation as we venture beyond the spec. If you’re a web developer who loves to tinker and push boundaries, this is the talk for you.
The talk was a reprise of my rendition at Beyond Tellerrand just a few weeks earlier, but with shuffled and altered content, after Dave Letorey and Remy Sharp gave me very valuable feedback while at BT. Thanks, lads!
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# Slides
The slides of my talk are up on slidr.io are embedded below:
My deck is riddled with videos and animations, but because this is a PDF export these are not included in the embed above.
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# Recording/Video
The talk was recorded and you can watch the video on YouTube. It is also embedded below:
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# Thanks!
I’ve heard many great things about All Day Hey! over the years, so it was on my wishlist to ever speak there. Back in November 2025 I sent a cold DM to organizer Josh Nesbitt, offering to speak at his event. I knew I was extremely late with my request, and after some back and forth, I was absolutely delighted when Josh confirmed my slot.
It was almost a very close call, though. Just a few days before the event, I ate something bad and spent the better part of the night hugging my toilet. Thankfully, it was just food poisoning rather than a full-blown stomach bug, so I bounced back in time to make it to the event fully energized.
The day before the conference, we were treated an incredible speaker dinner. Honestly, the food was soooo good!
One quick late night rehearsal run (with some last minute tweaks, of course) I was ready for the conference day itself the day after. And as expected, the atmosphere was fantastic. It was an incredibly friendly crowd, and it felt good to run into so many familiar faces again. Catching up and/or talking tech with Jake, Ana, Ryan, Dave, Remy, Oliver, Barry, Safari, Cassie, Alistair, Phil, James, Keith, Luke, Josh, … really made the day special.
One of the absolute highlights for me was an unexpected shout-out from Jake Archibald on Bluesky. He praised the job I’ve been doing with View Transitions since taking over the work after he left Google. Coming from him, that really meant the world to me.
My only sadness about leaving Chrome at the time, was stopping working on view transitions, but @bram.us took that on, and is doing it _so well_.
— Jake Archibald (@jakearchibald.com) May 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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💁♂️ If you are a conference or meetup organiser, don't hesitate to contact me to come speak at your event.