The text detection API is still in its experimental stage, but it opens up a lot of really interesting possibilities for the web: assistive technology to read out text, archiving tools for digitising text …it’s all part of the nascent shape detection API.
Here’s a little snippet of CSS that solves a problem I’ve never considered:
The problem is that Live Text, “Select text in images to copy or take action,” is enabled by default on iOS devices (Settings → General → Language & Region), which can interfere with the contextual menu in Safari. Pressing down on the above link may select the text inside the image instead of selecting the link URL.
If you ignore the slightly insulting and condescending clickbaity title, this is a handy run-down of eight browser features with good support:
addEventListener(),scrollTo(),setTimeout() and setInterval(),defaultChecked property for checkboxes,normalize() and wholeText for strings of text,insertAdjacentElement() and insertAdjacentText(),event.detail, andscrollHeight and scrollWidth.An even-handed assessment of the benefits and dangers of machine learning.
Mandy’s experiments with text effects in CSS are kinda mindblowing—I can’t wait to see her at Ampersand at the end of the month!
Smart advice on future-proofing and backward-compatibility:
There isn’t a single, specific device, browser, and person we cater to when creating a web experience. Websites and web apps need to adapt to a near-infinite combination of these circumstances to be effective. This adaptability is a large part of what makes the web such a successful medium.
Consider doing the hard work to make it easy and never remove feature queries and @supports statements. This creates a robust approach that can gracefully adapt to the past, as well as the future.
A defensive enhancement to avoid losing everything you just typed into a textarea.
Here’s a little thing I learned.
When it comes to web performance, there are technical issues and then there are human issues.
Counting down the charts—what will be in the number one spot?
HTML’s new `command` attribute on the `button` element could be a game-changer.