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WebKit for Developers 28 Feb 2013 | 03:53 pm
For many of us developers, WebKit is a black box. We throw HTML, CSS, JS and a bunch of assets at it, and WebKit, somehow.. magically, gives us a webpage that looks and works well. But in fact, as my ...
WebKit for Developers 28 Feb 2013 | 03:53 pm
For many of us developers, WebKit is a black box. We throw HTML, CSS, JS and a bunch of assets at it, and WebKit, somehow.. magically, gives us a webpage that looks and works well. But in fact, as my ...
Why moving elements with translate() is better than pos:abs top/left 20 Dec 2012 | 01:00 pm
In modern days we have two primary options for moving an element across the screen: using CSS 2D transforms and translate() using position:absolute and top/left Chris Coyier just got asked why you sho...
Chrome Canary for Developers 2 Nov 2012 | 07:16 pm
If you do front-end web development and already use Chrome as your development browser, I encourage you to use Chrome Canary. A new Chrome Canary build is available almost daily (every 60 revisions of...
Interview on Treehouse 29 Oct 2012 | 04:07 pm
The great folks at Treehouse sat down with me for 30 minutes to talk about frontend development, my background, HTML5 Boilerplate and tooling. A few highlights: 3:40 Where'd I grow up? What was I into...
Why I'm so excited about Web Platform Docs 9 Oct 2012 | 01:09 am
I absolutely love developing for the clientside of the web. Delivering the actual interactions and UI that all users feel is an absolutely gratifying experience. However… it's not a piece of cake to d...
A browser benchmark that has your back: RoboHornet 25 Sep 2012 | 02:51 am
The past few years’ browser focus on speed has been great for us and our users. We’ve seen a huge and dramatic performance boost on benchmarks like Sunspider, Kraken, and Octane. But, these benchmarks...
Academic research on browsers, frontend development, and debugging 13 Sep 2012 | 08:45 pm
University-level education has never really touched too directly on what we do as frontend developers. I know I was self-taught in the ways of the browser, as were all of my friends. Luckily the sort ...
Developers We Admire. 18 Aug 2012 | 02:46 am
One of the good things about having the eyeballs of many people is that you now have the ability to throw other people into the limelight that completely deserve to be in it. Divya Manian and I have b...
The Skinny on IE's Update Policy 30 Jun 2012 | 01:47 am
Every month, WebKit, Firefox and Opera are shipping incredible features; IE10 is also going to settle up and even out those HTML5 Test scores (plus some features they may debut, like Grid Layout!). Bu...