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FrontEnd Focus

Issue 279 — March 1, 2017
Addy Osmani looks at tools and libraries Google has released to make building fast, modern webapps a reality, including Offline Google Analytics and sw-precache.
Addy Osmani


Sir Tim, the original creator of the Web, explains why the W3C should endorse the EME standard which allows web pages to include encrypted content.
Tim Berners-Lee


The W3C WebAssembly Community Group says the design of WebAssembly is complete enough that browsers can ship with it “on by default”. A new official WebAssembly logo has also been unveiled.
W3C


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You can often make your life easier by using :not(:last-of-type) rather than overriding with a separate :last-of-type rule.
Tim Smith


CSS Exclusions may look similar to CSS Shapes in that they can wrap content around an element. Technically, however, they serve a different purpose.
Louie Rootfield


A CodePen demo written by Goce Mitevski, which shows how to create seamlessly-faded background images with CSS gradient overlays.
Goce Mitevski


The guidelines cover a wide range of recommendations for making Web content more accessible, particularly to people with disabilities.
Joshue O Connor


WebGL 2.0 is shipping in Firefox and Chrome browsers and all WebGL implementers have declared intent to support it. Here’s a live demo of WebGL 2 functionality if you have a supporting browser.
The Khronos Group


A technical look at a now-resolved vulnerability where an auth token for Slack could be stolen across browser windows.
Frans Rosén


Safari 10.1 introduced the ‘Reduced Motion’ Media Query, a declaration that lets developers “create styles that avoid large areas of motion” for users that prefer that.
Eric Bailey


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In Brief

Google Discloses a ‘High Severity’ Bug in Edge and IE news
An as-yet unresolved vulnerability is now public after a 90 day non-disclosure period.
Ars Technica

RIP DMOZ: The Open Directory Project Is Closing news
Danny Sullivan

Mozilla and BrowserStack Offering Free Firefox on Android Testing news
Mozilla Hacks

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CSS Grid: Design Possibilities 
Looking at the design implications of CSS Grid.
Susan Robertson

The Unexpected Power of Viewport Units in CSS tutorial
Thomas Lattimore

Making The Most of the Chrome DevTools: A Few Lesser-Known Features tutorial
LogRocket

Scaling SVG Clipping Paths for CSS Use tutorial
Eric Meyer

How to Use Flexbox to Create A Modern Card Design Layout tutorial
Flywheel

More HTML5 Semantics: Changes to Existing Features tutorial
Louis Lazaris

Emscripten/HTML Integration Tips tutorial
“things I learned while adding a HTML UI to my 8-bit emulator”
Floooh

Margin or Padding? Thoughts On When to Use Which opinion
Philipp Sporrer

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Box Alignment Cheatsheet tools
This cheatsheet compares alignment in CSS Grid Layout and Flexbox.
Rachel Andrew

A Collection of Resources for Learning CSS Grid tools
Jen Simmons

store.js 2.0: Cross-Browser Storage for All Use Cases code
2.0 is a full revamp with pluggable storage and extra functionality.
Marcus Westin

Omnitone: Spatial Audio on the Web code
An implementation of a FOA (first-order-ambisonic) decoder with binaural rendering using the Web Audio API.
Google

Rough.js: Create Graphics with a Hand-Drawn, Sketchy Appearance code

Propeller: A Responsive Framework Based on Material Design Standards & Bootstrap code
Digicorp

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