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31.01.2025 21:10 Did you see the release notes for Chrome 133? It's currently in beta, but the Chrome team has been publishing a slew of new articles with pretty incredible demos that are tough to ignore. I figured I'd round those up in one place. Chrome 133 Goodies originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

31.01.2025 21:10  When using View Transitions you’ll notice the page becomes unresponsive to clicks while a View Transition is running. This happens because of the ::view-transition pseudo element – the one that contains all animated snapshots – gets overlayed on top … Keeping the page interactive while a View Transition is running originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

30.01.2025 21:10 All of the things that the CSS Working Group would change if they had a time-traveling Delorean to go back and do things over. The Mistakes of CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

29.01.2025 16:22 The @view-transition at-rule has two descriptions. One is the commonly used navigation descriptor. The second is types, the lesser-known of the two, and one that probably envies how much attention navigation gets. But read on to learn why we need types and how it opens up new possibilities for custom view transitions when navigating between pages. What on Earth is the `types` Descriptor in View Transitions? originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

27.01.2025 20:30 After 20 years since Andy Clarke first published his book about Multi-Column Layout in CSS, he's back to encourage a fresh look at CSS columns for enhanced readability and design flexibility. Revisiting CSS Multi-Column Layout originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

24.01.2025 23:00 When it comes to positioning elements on a page, including text, there are many ways to go about it in CSS — the literal position property with corresponding inset-* properties, translate, margin, anchor , and so forth. The offset property is another one that belongs in that list. Positioning Text Around Elements With CSS Offset originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

23.01.2025 21:10 I was reading through Juan’s recent Almanac entry for the @counter-style at-rule and I’ll be darned if he didn’t uncover and unpack some extremely interesting things that we can do to style lists, notably the list marker. You’re probably already … Some Things You Might Not Know About Custom Counter Styles originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

21.01.2025 18:41 Chris wrote about “Likes” pages a long while back. The idea is rather simple: “Like” an item in your RSS reader and display it in a feed of other liked items. The little example Chris made is still really good.… Creating a “Starred” Feed originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

17.01.2025 17:00 Anchor positioning can be great for little interactive effects — as Temani Afif shows off with this clever idea for a menu hover. Fancy Menu Navigation Using Anchor Positioning originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

15.01.2025 20:52 Lee Meyer with a super clever idea using scroll-driven animations as an interaction to "like" or "dislike" something. Web-Slinger.css: Across the Swiper-Verse originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

14.01.2025 20:10  It’s probably no surprise to you that CSS-Tricks is hosted on Cloudways, DigitalOcean’s managed hosting arm. Given both CSS-Tricks and Cloudways are part of DigitalOcean, it was just a matter of time … A Few Ways That Cloudways Makes Running This Site a Little Easier originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

13.01.2025 19:20 Today, I want to look into one of those cases of impatient and how the community has waited for that feature, to be specific, two upcoming functions: sibling-count and sibling-index . How to Wait for the sibling-count and sibling-index Functions originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

09.01.2025 21:30 I wrote a post for Smashing Magazine that was published today about this thing that Chrome and Safari have called “Tight Mode” and how it impacts page performance. I’d never heard the term until DebugBear’s Matt Zeunert mentioned it in … Tight Mode: Why Browsers Produce Different Performance Results originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

06.01.2025 20:10 I am still an AI skeptic. The biggest risk I foresee is that if your sole responsibility is to write code, your job is at risk. It’s not time to panic, but I do see a lot of value in evolving your soft skills. The Importance of Investing in Soft Skills in the Age of AI originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.