vale.rocks
Front-end developer, designer, dabbler, and avid user of the superpowered information superhighway.
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We need our website to stand out. I think we start with the body. How are we going to style it?
"Yes"
Uh, that doesn't answer my question. How are we—
"Yes"
I see...
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Looks to have proper support for old-style numerals, small caps, sub/super script, and plenty of other features while keeping that Lexend vibe.
Great shout, cheers!
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We're pretty spoiled now! 5 years ago? Not so much.
I'm mainly waiting for parity of new features across engines.
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Hypertext also implies the existence of chilled-out-text.
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Accessibility horrors that you have to force through because even the worst testers are screaming at you.
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Accessibility horrors that are so inaccessible that even the completely able struggle.
Accessibility horrors that are covered in the very first class of any UI/UX design or front-end development education.
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Thank you! Glad you learned something.
Now we just need some intricate, interactive papercraft versions of your visualisations. I'm sure browser support for printing them will be coming soon. Pretty simple feature to implement, I'm certain.
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I add the RSS feeds of my favourite websites to my RSS reader so I know when new posts release.
I use it for distributing podcasts.
I've made a Revolt bot that sends a message in a chat channel when new content is added to a feed.
I have feeds for content on my site so people can subscribe to it.
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Pages of printed websites line the walls. Bound in the finest of materials. A library of the printed web stretching beyond comprehension. The printed page supreme.
The librarian, a mysterious man by the name of Jeeves, must be asked for the knowledge.
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It started with nerd sniping. Slow, methodical pickings off. Then more aggressive methods.
Before long it had moved far beyond even that. Fibre optics dug up by the kilometre. Phone towers felled. Printers working overtime. Forests destroyed in pursuit of more paper. Ink flowing like a river.
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Another nerd successfully sniped. My collection grows.
Before long the entire web will be optimised for print, and step one of my plan for world domination will be achieved. Or something. Actually, I wouldn't know anything about that. Shhh...
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Polypane users are so cool they've got all the differences memorised and just visualise the print simulation in their mind. (Jokes aside, glad to see guidance slipped into the article with an update)
Also, that Can I DevTools website is a great little resource I'm only just finding out about now.
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Many thanks to @bell.bz for his feedback and refinements, including his picking up of my suboptimal use of the word "this".
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Something that seems really simple but comes with a few gotchas is making a really accessible and usable search UI. I'd love something about that.
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You've really inf'd some luencers.
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I dislike LLMs suggesting or writing things in my editor, so I use the web interfaces or the front-end I made to interact with them.
Sometimes I will task them with something bigger, and it will provide genuinely useful output, but every line and section must be vetted and then manually touched up.
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LLMs are abysmal at HTML and CSS.
I do find them useful for the occasional vibe-coded throwaway tool or as a more complex debug duck/partner when working on actual projects. LLMs can often find implementations that I wouldn't have otherwise thought of, even if they get specifics wrong.
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I wrote about this some months ago. In summary, yes – at least when it comes to technologies.
vale.rocks/posts/ai-is-...
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Check out marginalia-search.com and searchmysite.net
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Can confirm Andy is adherent to the advice he preaches. He's picked me for doing it, and my writing was better for the change. 10/10, wouldn't 'this' again.
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The silty sediment that swirls at the bottom of a river bed. Slightly washed out and absorbent of light rather than reflective. Clay muddles what is otherwise organic and grounding. Decaying leaves and mud. Undulating and dispersing as it ebbs and flows between the toes of those who wade and splash.
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I heard the div thing was made up and that you shouldn't put it in divs at all.
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Brings this to mind...
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This is one of those tips that someone only posts after spending 20 minutes wondering why something wasn't working.
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"I'm shocked", says one user of the product/service. "I know this exact thing has happened every other time without fail, but I thought this time would be different."