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Stop Using Resets: Visual Examples of the Practical Nonsense of Resets and Normalizers Published on Jul 13, 2017 (updated Dec 23, 2024), filed under development, css. (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?) Reset style sheets, I’ve long had it with them: Resets, as well as normalizers, are quite practically useless. I’m not sure why they keep being such a topic for me; I feel like a ghost in some hau

70% Repetition in Style Sheets: Data on How We Fail at CSS Optimization Published on May 31, 2017, filed under development, css, maintainability. (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?) If the optimization of CSS is of particular import to you, I’ve collected several concepts in a brief book: CSS Optimization Basics. Teaser: Check on how many declarations you use in your style sheets, how many of tho

Published on Oct 9, 2014 (updated Feb 5, 2024), filed under development, css, maintainability, optimization (feed). (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?) This and many other posts are also available as a pretty, well-behaved ebook: On Web Development. If the optimization of CSS is of particular import to you, I’ve collected several concepts in a brief book: CSS Optimization Basics. When I explained

Published on Aug 12, 2013 (updated Apr 29, 2025), filed under misc (feed). (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?) The following post discusses the concept of googliness. It does not imply every Googler embodied googliness. The words “googley” and “googliness” (sometimes also spelled “googly” and “googleyness”) are not found in common language. Even at Google, where they’ve been coined, it’s not clea

Published on Feb 23, 2010 (updated Feb 5, 2024), filed under development, css. (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?) This and many other posts are also available as a pretty, well-behaved ebook: On Web Development. It’s over. There is no ban on px anymore. The only reason why we as web developers had to adjust coding practices were user agents that failed to meet user agent accessibility guidelines

Published on Jun 17, 2009 (updated Feb 5, 2024), filed under development, html, css, maintainability (feed). (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?) This and many other posts are also available as a pretty, well-behaved ebook: On Web Development. This documentation on maintenance and maintainability is a beginning [which was continued with a more comprehensive guide in 2018]. I’ve been focusing a lot

Published on Sep 22, 2007 (updated May 25, 2025), filed under development, css (feed). (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?) This and many other posts are also available as a pretty, well-behaved ebook: On Web Development. CSS manages the default formatting of documents through the concept of user agent style sheets, a cornerstone of the cascade. This means that a web browser doesn’t just present a

Published on May 10, 2007 (updated Feb 5, 2024), filed under development, quality, design (feed). (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?) This and many other posts are also available as a pretty, well-behaved ebook: On Web Development. And speaking of which, here’s a short treatise just about managing the quality of websites: The Little Book of Website Quality Control (updated). A quality website doe

Published on Jun 30, 2007 (updated Oct 22, 2023), filed under development, html (feed). (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?) A regularly updated list of all HTML and XHTML elements. Also consider the announcement with comments, notes, as well as the complementary CSS properties index. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZElement (Meaning) ↓HTML 1HTML 2.0HTML 3.2HTML 4.01XHTML 1.0XHTML 1.1HTML 5.2HTML19921995

Published on Mar 30, 2007 (updated Aug 17, 2024), filed under design, usability, development (feed). (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?) This post is partially outdated. Today I thought I’d share some of the most valuable usability and user experience articles and resources I know, in a somewhat wild mix. Since there’s presumably enough to read and talk about later, please welcome a few great art

Articles and books on the craft of web development (with a focus on HTML/CSS optimization and maintainability), engineering management, and philosophy. Website Optimization Measures, Part XXXIIIOn updating links, creating subagents, working through to-dos, blocking extremists, reviewing configs, uninstalling shell plugins, re-configuring Git, optimizing rsync, and cleaning up Node.js installs. #70

Published on Jan 13, 2007 (updated Feb 27, 2021), filed under design, development (feed). (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?) A small selection of research findings related to web design, usability, and accessibility, most of them obtained from Human Factors International. With some of them being known, others may add to the understanding of our profession: Design is a key determinant to building