Microsoft introduces beta of its new, Chrome-based Edge browser August 21, 2019 #405 — August 21, 2019 Read on the Web Frontend Focus Microsoft Introduces ‘Ready for Everyday Use’ Beta of Its Chrome-Based Edge Browser — Available for Windows and macOS, the beta release of Edge is the third and final preview release of Microsoft’s new Chromium-based browser, although Microsoft is declaring it ‘ready for everyday use’… Read More
Pagelayer 0.9.8 Released August 20, 2019 The Pagelayer team has released version 0.9.8.This version has many UI and UX improvements for the Pagelayer Editor.The following is a list of changes : [Task] In the editor, improved the widget border colors for better user experience [Task] Improved the right click options UI and added icons [Task] The widget left bar has been… Read More
Pagelayer reaches 80000+ Active WordPress Users August 19, 2019 Pagelayer, the new and website builder software has now achieved a new milestone of 80000+ active wordpress installs :https://wordpress.org/plugins/pagelayer/advanced/ Pagelayer has been growing steadily and new features are being introduced really fast. Pagelayer has managed to jump from 70K installs to 80K installs in just a weeks time. Pagelayer is being used by many theme… Read More
Issue 404 – Issue Not Found? August 14, 2019 #404 — August 14, 2019 Read on the Web Frontend Focus Time to First Byte: What It Is and Why It Matters — Just how much does TTFB matter when it comes to frontend performance? Ultimately, “If you’re slow out of the gate, you’ll spend the rest of the race playing catchup.” Harry Roberts The… Read More
Pagelayer achieves 70000+ Active WordPress Users August 13, 2019 Pagelayer, the new and website builder software has now achieved a new milestone of 70000+ active wordpress installs :https://wordpress.org/plugins/pagelayer/advanced/ Pagelayer has been growing steadily and new features are being introduced really fast. A new version of Pagelayer is just around the corner and it has some great features for theme developers and endusers. Pagelayer is… Read More
Domino’s is no a11y? August 7, 2019 #403 — August 7, 2019 Read on the Web Frontend Focus Domino’s Asks The Supreme Court to Shut Down Lawsuit Requiring Its Website Be Accessible to Blind People — A blind man has filed a lawsuit against Domino’s after asserting that the ‘Americans with Disabilities Act’ requires businesses to make accommodations for those with disabilities,… Read More
Using the web on a 50 MB budget July 31, 2019 #402 — July 31, 2019 Read on the Web Frontend Focus I Used The Web For A Day On A 50 MB Budget — Data can be prohibitively costly, especially in developing countries. Chris Ashton puts himself in the shoes of someone on a tight ‘data budget’ and offers (a lot of) practical tips for… Read More
Improving page performance with asynchronously loaded CSS July 24, 2019 #401 — July 24, 2019 Read on the Web Frontend Focus The Simplest Way to Load CSS Asynchronously — “One of the most impactful things we can do to improve page performance and resilience is to load CSS in a way that does not delay page rendering” Scott Jehl Mozilla Launch First Annual Web Developer… Read More
Demystifying Web Speed Tooling July 19, 2019 #397 — June 26, 2019 Read on the Web Frontend Focus Optimizing Google Fonts Performance — Google Fonts are simple enough to implement, but can have a big impact on page load times. Here’s how to load them in the most optimal way. Danny Cooper ? Demystifying Web Speed Tooling — Paul Irish & Elizabeth Sweeny… Read More
How CSS custom properties act alongside the CSS ‘cascade’ July 19, 2019 #398 — July 3, 2019 Read on the Web Frontend Focus Google Wants to Make The 25-Year-Old robots.txt Protocol An Internet Standard — Google has outlined plans to turn robots exclusion protocol (REP) — better known as robots.txt — into an internet standard after 25 years. Here’s the official blog post announcement from Google. Ravie Lakshmanan… Read More