V7: Video Killed the Web Browser Star | Rob Weychert
Grrr… it turns out that browsers exhibit some very frustrating behaviour when it comes to the video element. Rob has the details…
Trust • Robin Rendle
Robin adds a long-zoom perspective on my recent post:
I am extremely confident that pretty much any HTML I write today will render the same way in 50 years’ time. How confident am I that my CSS will work correctly? Mmmm…70%. Hand-written JavaScript? Way less, maybe 50%. A third-party service I install on a website or link to? 0% confident. Heck, I’m doubtful that any third-party service will survive until next year, let alone 50 years from now.
Related links
Who needs a flying car when you have display: grid
I’m not the only one who’s amazed by how much you can do with just a little CSS these days.
What You Need to Know about Modern CSS (2025 Edition) – Frontend Masters Blog
Here’s a comprehensive round-up of new CSS that you can use right now—you can expect to see some of this in action at Web Day Out!
My requests for Interop 2026 | Clagnut by Richard Rutter
Every one of these five proposals is worth a vote.
Mind you, Rich’s cynicism is understandable.
Kelp
A UI library for people who love HTML, powered by modern CSS and Web Components.
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Technically, websites can do just about anything that native apps can do. And yet the actual experience of using the web on mobile is worse than ever.
Making the new Salter Cane website
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