If you're looking to test your HTML knowledge (and who isn't?), take a trip to the justsayhi website. How many elements can you name in five minutes?
As an aside, the JavaScript built into the test is simple but perfect -- an idea carried out well.
Back in late 2012 it was not easy to find open source projects using requestAnimationFrame() - this is the hook that allows Javascript code to synchronize with a web browser's native paint loop. Animations using this method can run at 60 fps and deliver fantastic...
Your early CSS books were instrumental in pushing my love for front end technologies. What was it about CSS that you fell in love with and drove you to write about it? At first blush, it was the simplicity of it as compared to the table-and-spacer...
One subtle detail that can make a big difference on any web design is the use of image reflections. Using them too often can become obnoxious but using reflections on large, "masthead" images is a classy enhancement. Unfortunately creating image reflections within your...
A while back I posted an interesting tidbit from Daniel Buchner which allows developers to detect DOM node insertions with JavaScript and CSS animations; an awesome trick driven by CSS animations. Lea Verou recently posted another detection snippet driven by CSS animations: detecting pseudo-element...
I make only 25 (the shame is over me :-D). I don’t know or remenber the existence of BDO, COLGROUP, ISINDEX, KBD, OPTGROUP, Q, SAMP, TT and VAR. The others i have a simple mind blank.