Archive: April 1st, 2016

Sea bream.

Sea bream.

simpl.info

This is a very handy resource—a collection of minimum viable implementations of HTML5 features and JavaScript APIs.

RAFP: a proposal for performance measurements through requestAnimationFrame - QuirksBlog

Here’s an interesting proposal from ppk: use requestAnimationFrame to gauge how performant a browser in behaving and then enhance accordingly.

HTTPS is Hard – The Yell Blog

Finally! An article about moving to HTTPS that isn’t simply saying “Hey, it’s easy and everyone should do it!” This case study says “Hey, it’s hard …and everyone should do it.”

Should I use Grid or Flexbox?

Rachel compares two CSS layout modules; Grid and Flexbox. This distinction is crucial:

Flexbox is essentially for laying out items in a single dimension – in a row OR a column. Grid is for layout of items in two dimensions – rows AND columns.

№ ⸮ ‽ ℔ ⁊ ⸿  — or, a cavalcade of characters – Shady Characters

The numero sign, the reversed question mark, the interrobang, the l b bar symbol, the Tironian et, the capitulum, and the ironieteken.