I've been working on css-contain lately, this is a blog post introducing the spec and the status of things around it: blogs.igalia.com/mrego/2019/… Thanks to @TechAtBloomberg for supporting @igalia's contributions on this field.
”In cases where DOM manipulations would cause jank, this [proposed API] instead allows the user-agent to split up the work across several frames, yielding for script and user interactions. When the updates are finished processing, the result is displayed without jank.”
For example, native apps can display badges next to their icon to notify users about incoming events, pending messages, etc. Soon doable in Web apps too? Check the Badging #API in the #roadmap: w3.org/2018/12/web-roadmaps/…
Badging for App Icons? Yes please🙌
The Badging API is a new API that lets installed web apps to set an application-wide badge...displayed on a OS specific place (such as the shelf or home screen)‼
@petele explains what it is and how you can use them 👉 developers.google.com/web/up…
28 Jan-2 Feb: The @w3c Web of Things meetings take place @SiemensWoT, in #Princeton 🇺🇸. The #plugfest, 28-30 Jan., is open to all implementers and the Open Day is scheduled for 30 Jan. Full details at: w3.org/WoT/IG/wiki/F2F_meeti…
Latin character picker updated to v23 with a makeover. Shift button added, and new characters. Better organisation of characters to make it easier to find things.
My article on @smashingmag today - How to Learn CSS. smashingmagazine.com/2019/01… It's not a guide to syntax, but a pointer to the core things that will help CSS make sense.
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Progressive font enrichment enables to download only a subset of the font you need, particularly useful in languages and scripts that require lots of glyphs
For our French-reading followers: a report from two participants to this year #w3cTPAC with an introduction to what participation to W3C groups looks like