A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
A webmention is a type of linkback that can be requested by Web authors to keep track of activity relating to a page or document on their website somewhere else on on the web. It is similar to pingbacks but was designed to be simpler than the xmlrpc protocol that pingback relies upon, by instead …
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<img src="image-src.png" srcset="image-1x.png 1x, image-2x.png 2x" alt="Example of the srcset attribute. Image contains a coloured striped pattern with some inline text that indicates which of the candidate images were selected."> WebKit now supports the srcset attribute on image (img) elements. This allows you, the developer, to specify higher-quality images for your users who have high-resolution …
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WebZap is a web developer panel extension for Adobe Photoshop that is designed to help streamline the design processes undertaken by website user interface designers during the mock up and wire framing phases of web site development. Whilst I like this from a technical point of view (straight in Photoshop, huh?!) I think you’re better …
Wielding the tools from CSS and browser layout can enable stunning visualizations for web content. Using web features like CSS filters, WebGL, HTML5 video, SVG, canvas and evolving future tech like CSS Regions, CSS Shapes and CSS Custom Filters promises a hugely expanded creative landscape. National Geographic: Forest Giant (Demo) → Next Generation Web Layout: …
Right, we’ve got a new project, we have to calculate and draw 500,000 pixels, and the deadline is in 16.67 milliseconds. When we’re done, we’ll do it again, and again. Web performance has always been about delivering those pixels on time, but the target has shifted. Optimising pure JavaScript (loops, string concatination, arithmetic) is more …
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A new command for the Firefox Command Line (part of the Developer Tools) named appcache to manipulate/inspect the appcache. As someone commented on the original post: Somebody has recently pointed out that the appcache is still a douchebag but at least Firefox now has a way to tell us why. The Application Cache is no …
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Update 2017: By now it’s clear that an equal amount of JS-bytes and JPG-bytes are not the same. The JS still needs to be evaluated and executed, which also comes as a cost. People often build beautiful sites with multiple easy-to-use JavaScript libraries. Then, when it comes to addressing frontend performance, suddenly those libraries are …