Frontend Focus #?495 — June 16, 2021 | Read on the web When CSS Isn’t Enough: JavaScript Requirements For Accessible Components — Stephanie Eckles looks at how components such as tooltips, modals, tabs, carousels, and dropdown menus often require more than just CSS (even when ‘pure CSS’ solutions are technically possible), especially to ensure accessibility. Smashing… Read More

Frontend Focus #?494 — June 9, 2021 | Read on the web Safari Overhaul Includes Tab Groups and Web Extensions On Mobile — Apple unveiled its next version of Safari at WWDC earlier this week, featuring a new design, improvements to tab management, and the expansion of web extensions to both iPhone and iPad. If you’re… Read More

Frontend Focus #?493 — June 2, 2021 | Read on the web Looking Fine with Firefox 89 — Version 89 of Firefox has just arrived, bringing with it some significant UI changes (chiefly a more minimalist look). This post outlines the developer highlights but you can dive into all the developer changes here, and you… Read More

Frontend Focus #?492 — May 26, 2021 | Read on the web CSS Container Queries For Designers — CSS Container queries, a long-requested feature by developers is coming soon to CSS — here’s an excellent look, complete with examples and visuals, on how this feature will change the way designers usually work and how/why they… Read More

Frontend Focus #?491 — May 19, 2021 | Read on the web Five Steps to Faster Web Fonts — Iain clearly outlines a handful of steps that you can take to improve font performance, each of which can have a benefit on its own, but when used together can lead to big wins. Iain Bean Introducing… Read More

Frontend Focus #?490 — May 12, 2021 | Read on the web Bootstrap 5 Released — This is a big release for the ever popular CSS framework with plenty of notable changes, including new components, updated forms, RTL support, and the removal of jQuery. Mark Otto Can I Email..? Support Tables for HTML and CSS… Read More

Frontend Focus #?489 — May 5, 2021 | Read on the web The History of CSS — Jay Hoffman returns for another instalment in his excellent web history series, this time looking at the backstory of CSS. The series so far has covered things such as search, browsers, web design, and more — all are well… Read More

Frontend Focus #?488 — April 28, 2021 | Read on the web A Guide To Newly Supported, Modern CSS Pseudo-Class Selectors — The CSS Working Group Editor’s Draft for Selectors Level 4 includes several pseudo-class selectors that already have proposal candidates in most modern browsers. This guide will cover ones that currently have the best… Read More