Anchor position tool
This is a great little helper in understanding anchor positioning in CSS.
Link tags: anchor
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CSS Anchored Positioning
An interesting proposal for defining how one element could be “anchored” to another, and how that positioning could be expressed declaratively instead of having to write a whole load of JavaScript. Melanie’s looking for use cases so share ‘em if you have ‘em.
Personally, I’m not convinced that a new element is needed but I’m open to the suggestion.
Imagining native skip links | Kitty Giraudel
I like this proposal, and I like that it’s polyfillable (which is a perfectly cromulent word).
Are your Anchor Links Accessible? | Amber Wilson
I really like the way that Amber doesn’t go straight to the end solution but instead talks through her thought process when adding a feature to her site.
Manton Reece - Anchor on free podcasting
Anchor seems to be going for the YouTube model. They want a huge number of people to use their platform. But the concentration of so much media in one place is one of the problems with today’s web. Massive social networks like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube have too much power over writers, photographers, and video creators. We do not want that for podcasts.
Endangered species of the Web: the Link by Christian Heilmann
Chris is putting together a series about the neglected building blocks of the web. First up; the much-abused hyperlink, the very foundation of the world wide web.
It is the most simple and most effective world-wide, open and free publishing mechanism. That it is why we need to protect them from extinction.