filamentgroup/Southstreet
This is excellent! Scott, Wilto, and the gang at Filament Group have released the tools they use to help them craft performant responsive sites. Lots of excellent resources for conditional loading here.
Link archive: June 19th, 2012
Subtraction.com: Built to Not Last
A spot-on analysis by Khoi of the changing perception of the value in product design, as exemplified by Apple.
Classes? Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Classes! | Smashing Coding
This is a well-reasoned, thoughtful article on avoiding class names in CSS …but I don’t agree with it. That said, perhaps there’s a reasonable middle ground to be found between this extreme stance and the opposite (but in some ways just as extreme) stance of OOCSS.
Florian’s Compromise | Responsive Images Community Group
Wilto does an excellent job of summarising the current state of responsive images, highlighting Florian Rivoal’s compromise proposal that combines the best of the picture element with the best of srcset.
How We Improved Page Speed By Cleaning CSS, HTML and Images | Dyn Blog
Some good practical advice on improving performance. This should all be familiar to you, but it’s always worth repeating.
Single-direction margin declarations — CSS Wizardry—CSS, Web Standards, Typography, and Grids by Harry Roberts
Some smart thinking from Harry Roberts on standardising the direction of your margins in CSS i.e. all top-margin or all bottom-margin declarations.