My current HTML boilerplate - Manuel Matuzović
This is a great HTML boilerplate, with an explanation of every line.
There’s a new meta tag on the block. This time it’s for allowing system-level text sizing to apply to your website.
This is a great HTML boilerplate, with an explanation of every line.
A one-stop shop for all the metacrap you can put in the head of your HTML documents.
This is exactly the pattern of usage I’ve been advocating for with web components—instead of creating a custom element from scratch, wrap an existing HTML element and use the custom element to turbo-charge it, like Zach is doing:
By enhancing native HTML instead of replacing it, we can provide a solid baseline experience, and add progressive enhancement as the cherry on top.
Receive one email a day for 30 days, each featuring at least one HTML element.
Right up my alley!
You’re not going to get a Webby Award or thousands of views on Codepen for how amazingly crafted your HTML is. You’ll need to be OK going unrecognized for your work. But know that every time I use a screen reader or keyboard on a site and it works correctly, I have a little spark of joy.
What would the repercussions be if browsers were to tweak some of their default behaviours?
Changing defaults in browsers …someday.
Don’t replace. Augment.
The World Wide Web is a mashup.
Make your links beautiful and accessible.