Picturefill 2.0 alpha

<picture> <source srcset=”examples/images/extralarge.jpg” media=”(min-width: 1000px)”> <source srcset=”examples/images/large.jpg” media=”(min-width: 800px)”> <source srcset=”examples/images/medium.jpg”> <img srcset=”examples/images/medium.jpg” alt=”A giant stone face at The Bayon temple in Angkor Thom, Cambodia”> </picture> The picture element and associated features are W3C standard HTML features that allow web developers to deliver an appropriate image to every user depending on a variety of conditions …

Content-out Layout

Grids serve well to divide up a predefined canvas and guide how content fits onto a page, but when designing for the web’s fluid nature, we need something more… well, responsive. Enter ratios, which architects, sculptors, and book designers have all used in their work to help set the tone for their compositions, and to …

Device-Agnostic

Trent Walton on the term Device-Agnostic: Like cars designed to perform in extreme heat or on icy roads, websites should be built to face the reality of the web’s inherent variability. In my mind this approach addresses the following from the beginning: Hostile browsers, Tiny screens, Slow connection speeds, and Touch inputs Long story short, …

Animating SVG With Clipping Masks and CSS

Unfortunately, we can’t animate SVG fills the same way [we do with paths] with only CSS. However I’ve thought of way of giving the impression they’re being ‘painted’ by animating SVG clipping masks. Animating SVG With Clipping Masks and CSS → Animating SVG With Clipping Masks and CSS (Demos) → Looking for a way to …

Responsive Deliverables: The Style Guide

Jeremy wrote a nice article on Pattern Sharing, sparked by the Code for America Style Guide. A first look at the style guide might tell you it’s just a pattern primer, yet the menu reveals that the style guide also holds a few templates to use. In order to see the code used for the …