Mid May, at this year’s Google I/O, Una and I gave a talk “What’s new in Web UI” live at Shoreline in the Chrome tent.
What’s new in Web UI (Google I/O 2026)
Category Archives: Elsewhere
Cranking View Transtions up to 11 (2026.03.25 @ devs.gent)
MPA View Transitions Deep Dive
Back in December I joined Kevin J Powell on his channel to talk about Cross-Document View Transitions
CSS attr() gets an upgrade
You can now use `attr()` with any CSS property — not just content – and it can parse values into data types other than <string>.
Misconceptions about View Transitions
Post I wrote a while ago for Chrome for Developers, about some misconceptions about View Transitions that are making rounds.
Re-imagine the web with View Transitions
Video from Chrome’s 2024 EOY campaign, highlighting View Transitions. I made sure the code snippets and animations that you see where Technically Correct™ + coded up a POC for this one (link to demo included).
CSS Wrapped 2024
Chrome and CSS in 2024 journeyed through the forest, over the mountains, and across the seas…
Re-imagine the web with Scroll-Driven Animations
Video from Chrome’s 2024 EOY campaign, highlighting Scroll-Driven Animations. I made sure the code snippets and animations that you see where Technically Correct™.
Control the Viewport Resize Behavior on mobile with interactive-widget
For this year’s HTMLHell Advent Calendar I contributed today’s post. It is all about viewports and virtual keyboards – a topic I have researched before, as part of the Interop 2022 Viewport Investigation Effort
More options for styling <details>
You can now set display property values other than block on <details> and also use a ::details-content pseudo-element to style the part that expands and collapses.