Intent to Ship: Auto Sizes for Lazy Loaded Images with Srcset
Remember when I wrote about sizes="auto"? Well, it’s coming to Chrome! Hallelujah!
theoriginofthe<blink>tag (www)
The origins of the blink element are fascinating. To nobody's surprise, alcohol was involved.
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A Blog Post With Every HTML Element by Patrick Weaver
I enjoyed this self-documenting journey of exploration.
article vs. section: How To Choose The Right One — Smashing Magazine
I really, really enjoyed this deep dive into practical HTML semantics. Sit back and enjoy!
CSS Anchored Positioning
An interesting proposal for defining how one element could be “anchored” to another, and how that positioning could be expressed declaratively instead of having to write a whole load of JavaScript. Melanie’s looking for use cases so share ‘em if you have ‘em.
Personally, I’m not convinced that a new element is needed but I’m open to the suggestion.
Tabs in HTML?
I’ve been having some really interesting chats with Brian about tabs, markup, progressive enhancement and accessibility. Here’s a braindump of his current thinking which is well worth perusing.
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button invoketarget=”share”
An alternate route to a declarative version of the Web Share API.
Lost in calculation
A lazy option for responsive images is at hand.
Button types
Ideas for some declarative shortcuts.
When should there be a declarative version of a JavaScript API?
If the JavaScript API requires a user gesture, maybe it’s time for a new button type.
Authentication
Some ways of combining security and usability for two-factor authentication on the web.