Using Compression Dictionaries
Compression dictionaries are a new, and intriguing, way to reduce the size of compressed data by using a shared dictionary that is known to both the compressor and decompressor. This can lead to...
Reading Flow and Reading Order
Reading flow and reading order are important concepts in web accessibility, particularly for users who rely on keyboard navigation. The reading flow refers to the logical sequence in which content is...
Line Height Units
Line height units are not new but not widely used yet. They provide to measure things based on the line height of an element for the current font at the current line height. There are two line...
Mutable vs Immutable Objects in Javascript
Even outside of functional programming, Javascript provides mutable and immutable functions and methods to process data. Which one you use depends on the context of the application you're working...
Building an App builder tool
Creating the same type of Vite-based applications is tedious and repetitive, even when it's the same Vite command. This post will cover one way to create a builder tool for Vite-based applications. It...
GSAP Motion Path Helper tool
Now that GSAP 3.11 has been released as a free product, the GSAP Motion Path Helper plugin is available for use free of charge. This post will run through installing the GSAP MotionPathHelper plugin,...
Image processing with ImageMagick
Image Magick is a powerful command-line tool for image processing. It can be used to convert, edit, or compose images in various formats. I first heard of Image Magick from Phillip Greenspun's Panda...
Browser default stylesheets
I answered a question in Quora about the default styles for a p element. The answer is more complicated than it would first appear. There is no single default for HTML elements that are common to all...
Pub/sub apps
Pub/Sub is a messaging pattern that allows for asynchronous communication between different parts of a system. This post will explore PubSub, what it is, how it works, potential use cases, and how to...
H1 element style changes
Mozilla posted a note about upocoming changes to how the h1 elements are displayed in browsers. The changes are intended to improve accessibility and consistency across different platforms. The post...