system.css | A design system for building retro Apple-inspired interfaces
A stylesheet for when you’re nostalgic for the old Mac OS.
Designing Web Content for watchOS - WWDC 2018 - Videos - Apple Developer
If you don’t fancy watching this video, Eric Runyon has written down the salient points about what it means for developers now that websites can be viewed on the Apple Watch. Basically, as long as you’re writing good, meaningful markup and you’ve got a sensible font stack, you’re all set.
Or, as Tim puts it:
When we build our sites in a way that allows people using less-capable devices, slower networks and other less than ideal circumstances, we end up better prepared for whatever crazy device or technology comes along next.
Related links
Compat2021: Eliminating five top compatibility pain points on the web
Good to see Google, Mozilla, and Apple collaborating on fixing cross-browser CSS compatability issues:
- flexbox
- grid
- position: sticky
- aspect-ratio
- transforms
You can track progress here.
Introduction to Screen Readers Using Voiceover | Gymnasium
This is a great short introduction to using VoiceOver with Safari by the one and only Ethan Marcotte.
Responsive Images on the Apple Watch — ericportis.com
Some tips for getting responsive images to work well on the Apple Watch:
- test your layouts down to 136-
pxwide- include
300w-ish resources in your full-widthimg’ssrcsets- art direct to keep image subjects legible
- say the magic
metawords
Redesigning your product and website for dark mode — Stuff & Nonsense
Some advice from Andy on creating a dark theme for your website. It’s not just about the colours—there are typography implications too.
Related posts
Supporting logical properties
Using the CSS trinity of feature queries, logical properties, and unset.
Talking about style
The transcript of a talk.
Making the website for Research By The Sea
Having fun with view transitions and scroll-driven animations.
Manual ’till it hurts
Try writing your HTML in HTML, your CSS in CSS, and your JavaScript in JavaScript.
Displaying HTML web components
You might want to use `display: contents` …maybe.