Descriptive Camera
Oh, this is just wonderful: a camera that outputs a text description instead of an image (complete with instructions on how to build one yourself). I love it!
Archive: April 25th, 2012
The state of responsive images | Feature | .net magazine
Wilto gives a thorough explanation of the state of things with responsive images, particularly the work being done at the Responsive Images Community Group at the W3C.
Creating a Mobile-First Responsive Web Design - HTML5 Rocks
A great step-by-step tutorial from Brad on developing a responsive site with a Content First mindset.
Mobile Battery Performance
This is my short explanation of Remy’s explanation of a BBC news article which is an explanation of an academic paper about battery performance of mobile devices when accessing websites.
Breakpoint Checking in Javascript with CSS User Values | Sparkbox
A smart response to the little conundrum I posted on my blog yesterday about detecting media-query quarantined CSS properties from JavaScript.
Modern Web Development Part 1 – The Webkit Inspector
This is a very in-depth look at how to become a power user of the Web Inspector in Webkit browsers. I’m sitting down with a nice cup of tea to go through all of this.
What’s the Deal With Display: Inline-Block? | Design Shack
When I linked to the Toast framework the other day, I mentioned that I was intrigued by its use of inline-block for layout. Here’s a more detailed analysis of how display: inline-block works, along with some caveats.
Mocking Up Is Hard To Do
This seems like an eminently sensible thing to do when building responsive sites: ditch mock-ups entirely. The reasons and the workflow outlined here make a lot of sense.