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Hidde's blog about web accessibility, standards, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and more.

I had a revelation earlier today that solved a long-standing performance issue I’ve been having with the initial build of my Eleventy website, and here’s how it saved me a bunch of time!

Facing issues with your website's drop-down menu accessibility? Find solutions and best practices in web design to meet accessibility standards.

German scholar Max Brückner (1860-1934) was lauded during his lifetime for his remarkable collection of polyhedra models.

Elevate your digital projects with sleek Framer UI elements inspired by Dieter Rams. Explore buttons, sliders & components designed for simplicity & functionality.

Radio-controlled HTML elements!

A small project debunking common accessibility myths.

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Dropdowns, menus, tooltips, comboboxes, toasts — the popover attribute will make building a large variety of UI components easier. The popover attribute can be used on any HTML element, so you have…

Fetching the latest YouTube videos for your website doesn't require a backend server or even API keys. Fetch the latest videos statically with Astro.

Combine scroll-driven animations and style queries to trigger an animation sequence powered only by CSS.

Test sites on multiple devices in one tab. Improve development, UI/UX, & QA with live previews.

Tired of juggling Git and YAML to update your Next.js, Astro, Hugo or Nuxt website? Make it easy on you and your team, get a user-friendly CMS running straight on top of GitHub.

What is the average size of JavaScript code downloaded per website? Fuck around and find out!

🌀 Restore scroll position of elements on page navigation - epicweb-dev/restore-scroll

Build emails with a delightful DX

What is a quantity query? It’s a bit of CSS that allows you to style an element (and its descendants) based on how many children the element has. Example of a Quantity Query Situation Imagine…

I just wrote about the dialog element, with some basic usage and things to watch for. It’s a great addition to the web platform. Here’s another interesting thing we can do, conn…

The functional :has() CSS pseudo class is available in all evergreen browsers.

Tips and tricks to get the transition you want

A landing page that covers current trends in design for 2024

There are a lot of CSS units available at the moment and we mostly still rely on pixels and (r)ems for our sizing and fonts. I say it’s time to do a little freshening up. Instead of writing a list of which units are available in CSS that you can easily find on MDN as well, I thought I’d give some examples of where they could come in handy. I will create a mini-series out of this and for the first part, let’s start off with relative length units based on font.

A headless custom element library.

Comparing two identically designed websites, their weight, amount of HTML and CSS, rendering speed, and best practices.