RE: front-end.social/@piccalilli/1…

Hello #WebDev and #frontend folks,

I wrote a couple of words about a certain #html attribute you might not need.

piccalil.li/blog/you-might-not…

Thank you once again @piccalilli for having me and special thanks to @heydon for your much appreciated feedback! ❤️

#a11y #accessibility #css #blog

You might not need role="presentation"

Steve Frenzel shares some sage advice on correctly using this role and value combination by showing questionable examples, followed by some better approaches. Spoiler: the better ones are the simple ones.

^Piccalilli

Been to cssstats.com/ before but looks liked they redid some things. "Visualize your cascading style sheets" with leaderboards and "most popular colors".

If you are a #CSS nerd - def. something for you.

#frontend #webdev

a couple of weeks ago I 'launched' ReliCSS, an online tool to find those browser hacks you no longer need.

I wrote up a quick 'introducing' article:

Introducing ReliCSS: A Tool for Front-End Archaeology

alwaystwisted.com/articles/int…

#FrontEnd #CSS #WebDev #FrontEndArchaeology

Introducing ReliCSS: A Tool for Front-End Archaeology

Introducing ReliCSS: a tool that helps you identify browser hacks and CSS artifacts in legacy codebases. Understand the 'why' behind old code and prioritise refactoring efforts.

^{Stuart Robson (Always Twisted)}

I can't help it, I love beautiful, modern, minimal designs. Most user interfaces just don't appeal to me. Book apps, in particular, often feel old-fashioned. There's nothing wrong with old things though; retro tech from the 80s and 90s has its own charm, and people really knew how to make beautiful things back then.

But bad UI is a different story, it's clumsy, built with off-the-shelf frameworks without much thought, and often lacks proper design guidelines, plan or structure. That's why I can't use Bookwyrm, for example.

I read a lot and have mostly been using getbookshelf.com on iOS along with a CSV file since leaving Goodreads. Right now, I'm checking out alternatives. Even StoryGraph doesn't quite do it for me. margins.app looks promising, and Bookcover is okay but missing some features.

So, if in another world I decided to make my own fork and app, contribute to Bookwyrm, and completely refresh its UI like I did for Mastodon with the Mastodon Bird UI - what would you think of that?

#Books #BookApps #Margins #BookWyrm #UI #UIDesign #FrontEnd #BookTrackers #OwnYourData #SelfHost

Bookshelf: Library & TBR Tracker

Bookshelf is the only reading tracker app that helps you track your library, build a lasting reading habit, and better remember what you read. Beautiful. Fast. No signup required.

^Bookshelf

#CSS Optical Illustions

My 👀 hurt now.

alvaromontoro.com/blog/68091/c…

#frontend #webdev

CSS Optical Illusions

A collection of 50+ optical illusions coded with CSS and HTML. :: Blog post at Alvaro Montoro's Personal Website.

^{alvaromontoro.com}