A case study of how design by committee puts the developer, and therefore the end-user, last.
Posts tagged Web Platform
2022
This questionable API design turned out to not be a mistake after all, thanks to the inclusion of Web Components
What do you do if an <ol> doesn't start from one?
An obscure corner of the spec lacking any practical use due to an unnecessary constraint.
A little-known relic from the Promises/A+ specification can be (ab)used to define import hooks.
Material Design's outlined input explained, and how the technique can be reused for any box.
Mindset is shifting away from jQuery, yet the web platform is still lacking many of its fundamental features. In part one, we take a shot at making the native DOM interface fluent.
Only <input> and <textarea> elements have a .select() method. Are we doomed to bring in a third party library to perform a basic function?