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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
A Few Ways of Specifying Per-Theme Colours in Only CSS153
html, css, dark-mode, colors
Not All Hidden Content Is Equal: How Different Hiding Methods Impact Accessibility152
accessibility, hiding, css, html, aria, attributes, comparisons
Your Options for Preloading Images With JavaScript (mac)151
images, preloading, javascript
Using CSS Animations as State Machines to Remember Focus and Hover States With CSS Only (pat)150
css, animations, focus, hover
Sprites on the Web (jos)149
css, images, sprites
Solving Shrinkwrap: New Experimental Technique (kiz)148
css
Anchor Interpolated Morph (AIM) (arg)147
css, animations
CSS Layout: How to “Center a Div,” the Old School Way146
css, layout, floats, centering, how-tos
On Inheriting and Sharing Property Values (dxn/css)145
css, cascade
Older Tech in the Browser Stack (sma)144
xpath, css
10 Smart Performance Hacks for Faster Python Code (did/jet)143
python, performance
Essential Visually Hidden CSS Techniques for Web Accessibility (a11)142
accessibility, hiding, css
Color Shifting in CSS (jos)141
css, colors, animations
Accessible Writing Techniques for Web Content (a11)140
accessibility, writing, content
Designing With AI, Not Around It: Practical Advanced Techniques for Product Design Use Cases (sma)139
design, ai, processes, product-management
A Short History of Web Bots and Bot Detection Techniques (ole)138
fingerprinting, traffic, history
Revisiting Image Maps (mal/css)137
images, image-maps, html
Accessible Forms: Tips and Techniques136
accessibility, forms, labels, keyboard-navigation, errors, testing, tips-and-tricks
Overengineered Anchor Links135
links, effects
Minimal CSS-Only Blurry Image Placeholders (kal)134
images, placeholders, backgrounds, css
Accessible UX Design: 6 Advanced Techniques to Elevate Your Process (a11)133
design, user-experience, accessibility, principles, processes
Transitioning Top-Layer Entries and the Display Property in CSS (uti/sma)132
css, animations, transitions, effects
Ensuring Excellence: Proven Strategies for Quality Vue.js Development131
vuejs, best-practices
How I Write Angular Apps in 2025: Tools, Tips, Techniques (rai)130
videos, angular, tooling, tips-and-tricks
CSS: How to Indicate Container Overflow, When There Is Overflow (j9t)129
how-tos, css, overflow
Advanced and Creative TypeScript Techniques for Professionals128
typescript, type-safety
11 Essential JavaScript Hooking Techniques for Reverse Engineering in 2024 (xiu)127
javascript, debugging
How to Optimize React Performance: Best Practices and Techniques126
how-tos, performance, optimization, react, best-practices
Solved by CSS Scroll-Driven Animations: Hide a Header When Scrolling Down, Show It Again When Scrolling Up (bra)125
hiding, css, scrolling, animations
Building the Perfect Logo Strip (nil/9el)124
css, logos, images
6 Techniques I Use to Create a Great User Experience for Shell Scripts123
shells, user-experience
Sticky Headers and Full-Height Elements: A Tricky Combination (sma)122
css
Get Window Size in Pure CSS121
css
Advanced Playwright Techniques for Flawless Testing (deb)120
videos, testing, playwright
10 Python Programming Optimisation Techniques119
python, optimization
Context Is King: Long Live the King! (llo/tpg)118
accessibility, usability, aria
HTML and CSS Techniques for Inverting Colors117
css, filters, blend-modes, colors
Advanced JavaScript Performance Optimization: Techniques and Patterns116
javascript, performance, optimization, software-design-patterns
Mina Tamang on SEO Techniques That Prioritise the User Experience (nat)115
podcasts, interviews, seo, user-experience
Beyond CSS Media Queries (mon/sma)114
css, media-queries, container-queries, layout
The Modern Guide for Making CSS Shapes (css/sma)113
guides, css, shapes, effects
Quick-and-Dirty Accessibility (tpg)112
accessibility
Combining CSS “:has()” and HTML “<select>” for Greater Conditional Styling (ami/sma)111
css, selectors, html
Alternating Style Queries (kiz)110
css, style-queries
Sliding 3D Image Frames in CSS (css/sma)109
css, images
Layered Toggles: Optional CSS Mixins (kiz)108
css, mixins
Techniques for Fetching Data: Comparing Next.js (App and Pages API), Remix, and RedwoodJS (sel/red)107
data-fetching, nextjs, remix, redwoodjs, comparisons
Infinite-Scrolling Logos in Flat HTML and Pure CSS (cit/sma)106
branding, scrolling, animations, css
Modern CSS Tooltips and Speech Bubbles II (css/sma)105
tooltips, css
Modern CSS Tooltips and Speech Bubbles (css/sma)104
tooltips, css
Techniques to Break Words (aar)103
html, css, content
CSS “:is(.awesome)” (mar/cfe)102
videos, css, selectors
The Complex but Awesome CSS “border-image” Property (css/sma)101
css, borders
5 Advanced Data-Fetching Techniques in React for Enhanced User Experience100
react, data-fetching, code-splitting, components
Mastering Promises: 8 Advanced Tips and Techniques99
javascript, promises, asynchronicity, tips-and-tricks
How to Center an Element in CSS Without Adding a Wrapper in HTML98
how-tos, centering, css
6 Techniques for Conditional Rendering in React, With Examples97
react
A Few Ways CSS Is Easier to Write in 2023 (geo/sma)96
css, comparisons
Weird HTML Hacks (ern)95
html, css, hacks, history
5 Formatting Techniques for Long-Form Content (nng)94
usability, content, writing, formatting
Revealing Images With CSS Mask Animations (css/sma)93
css, animations
Why Are We Not Still Using Tables-for-Layout? (rac)92
css, tables
Designing Accessible Text Over Images: Best Practices, Techniques, and Resources II (sma)91
accessibility, content, images, best-practices
Designing Accessible Text Over Images: Best Practices, Techniques, and Resources (sma)90
accessibility, content, images, best-practices
The Yellow Fade Technique With Modern CSS Using “@starting-style” (bra)89
css, transitions
5 Code Refactoring Techniques to Improve Your Code88
refactoring, maintenance
Debugging JavaScript Like a Pro: Tools and Techniques for Finding and Fixing Bugs87
javascript, debugging, tooling, bugs
JavaScript Obfuscation Techniques by Example86
javascript, obfuscation, examples
Magical SVG Techniques (sma)85
svg, images
12 Modern CSS Techniques for Older CSS Problems84
css, optimization
Drastically Improve Your UI Designs With This Technique83
design, optimization
How to Write Good Code: 10 Beginner-Friendly Techniques for Instant Results82
how-tos, quality
13 Tools and Techniques to Accelerate Frontend Development81
tooling, software-design-patterns, linting, bundling, testing, logging, frameworks, processes, ci-cd
Thinking About the Cut-Out Effect: CSS or SVG? (sha)80
css, svg, effects, comparisons
6 Useful Frontend Techniques That You May Not Know About79
html, css, javascript
The Raven Technique: One Step Closer to Container Queries (css)78
css, container-queries
Modern CSS Techniques to Improve Legibility (sma)77
css, legibility, typography
30 Seconds of Code76
websites, javascript, css
10 Git Techniques You Need to Know Before You Join a Team75
git, command-line
CSS Circles (tyl/clo)74
css
Faster Image Loading With Embedded Image Previews (sma)73
images, performance, lazy-loading, javascript
Breaking to a New Row With Flexbox72
css, flexbox, layout
Emojis as Icons (chr/css)71
emoji, icons, css
10 Tricks and Techniques to Make the Most Out of Sketch70
sketch, tips-and-tricks
CSS Techniques and Effects for Knockout Text (pre/css)69
css, effects
Three Techniques for Performant Custom Font Usage (oll/css)68
fonts, performance, flash-of-x
Animating Layouts With the FLIP Technique (dav/css)67
animations, javascript, libraries
Silverlight Techniques for WCAG 2.0 (w3c)66
accessibility, wcag, silverlight
Upgrading CSS Animation With Motion Curves (sma)65
css, animations, transitions
A History of CSS Image Replacement64
css, image-replacement, examples, history
The Image Replacement Museum (mar/css)63
image-replacement, html, css, images, overviews, link-lists
Practical Techniques on Designing Animation (sar/sma)62
design, animations
FLIP Your Animations (aer)61
animations, javascript
Approaches to Media Queries in Sass (edu/css)60
css, preprocessors, sass, media-queries
Swapping Out SVG Icons (chr/css)59
svg, images, icons, css, jquery
Animation of How CSS Triangles Work (chr/css)58
css, animations
WCAG Techniques and Understanding WCAG Updates (w3c)57
accessibility, wcag
Replace the Image in an “<img>” With CSS (css)56
css, images, image-replacement
99 Powerful New CSS and JavaScript Techniques (vit/sma)55
css, javascript, link-lists
CSS Sprites Revisited (sma)54
css, sprites, images
Introduction to URL Rewriting (sma)53
introductions, urls, redirecting, apache, servers
A Brief Introduction to Text Replacement With sIFR (jas)52
introductions, image-replacement, flash
10 Fantastic jQuery Techniques and Effects51
jquery, effects
Responsive Web Design Techniques, Tools, and Design Strategies (vit/sma)50
design, responsive-design, tooling, strategies, link-lists
6 Methods for Vertical Centering With CSS49
css, centering, examples
4 Methods for Creating Equal Height Columns in CSS48
css, layout, examples
Powerful New CSS Techniques and Tools (vit/sma)47
css, tooling, link-lists
Technical Web Typography: Guidelines and Techniques (css/sma)46
typography, css, guidelines
New and Improved WCAG 2.0 Techniques (w3c)45
accessibility, wcag, documentation
Developing Sites With AJAX: Design Challenges and Common Issues (cod/sma)44
ajax, javascript
Are You Loosing Traffic by Poor Website Performance? (cod/sma)43
performance, traffic, tooling, link-lists
Styling HTML Lists With CSS: Techniques and Resources (lou/sma)42
html, lists, css, link-lists
Perfect Full Page Background Image (chr/css)41
backgrounds, images, css, filters, jquery
Clever JPG Optimization Techniques (sma)40
images, jpeg, optimization
The Mystery of CSS Sprites: Techniques, Tools, and Tutorials (sma)39
css, sprites, tooling, link-lists
A New Image Replacement Technique: The State Scope Method38
image-replacement, css, javascript
Styling HTML5 Markup in IE Without Script (zco)37
html, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, conditional-comments
Facelift Image Replacement: Another Look at sIFR Type Work (dal/aja)36
image-replacement, flash
Image Replacement and Backgrounds (sea)35
html, css, image-replacement, backgrounds
Image Replacement + Google (dav)34
image-replacement, flash, google
Tomorrow’s CSS Today: 8 Techniques They Don’t Want You to Know33
css, selectors, borders, progressive-enhancement
Nine Techniques for CSS Image Replacement (chr/css)32
css, image-replacement, images, logos, overviews
Great CSS Techniques and the Simple Truth Behind Them (j9t)31
css, maintainability
Powerful CSS Techniques for Effective Coding (sma)30
css, link-lists
Yet Another Image Replacement Method29
image-replacement
sIFR 2007: The Roundup (mis)28
image-replacement, flash
Seven JavaScript Techniques You Should Be Using Today (dig)27
javascript, examples
My Latest Take on Image Replacement (jch)26
image-replacement, css
2006 Redesign—CSS Techniques (mat)25
redesigning, css
My PNG Image Replacement Method (tel)24
image-replacement, images, png
Rip It Up: Worn Type Using CSS (mis)23
css, image-replacement, effects
CSS Techniques Roundup—20 CSS Tips and Tricks22
css, tips-and-tricks, link-lists
STR: SwishMAX Text Replacement21
image-replacement, flash, javascript
Definitive Solution to Image Replacement20
image-replacement
MIR: Malarkey Image Replacement (mal)19
image-replacement, css
Nifty Corners: Rounded Corners Without Images18
css, presentational-html
The Most Hated Advertising Techniques (nng)17
monetization, pop-ups
sJIR: scalable Jens Image Replacement16
image-replacement, fonts, javascript
HTML Overlays (gla)15
overlays, html, xml
Introducing sIFR: The Healthy Alternative to Browser Text (mik)14
introductions, image-replacement, flash
Dynamic Text Replacement (ali)13
image-replacement, php, javascript
IE vs. Image Replacement (dav)12
browsers, microsoft, internet-explorer, image-replacement
Faux Columns (sim/ali)11
css, layout, floats, backgrounds
Night of the Image Map (ali)10
css, images, image-maps
JavaScript Image Replacement (cod/ali)9
javascript, image-replacement
Sliding Doors of CSS II (ali)8
css, images
Sliding Doors of CSS (ali)7
css, images
Image Replacement—With “<span>”6
image-replacement
Accessible Image Replacement5
image-replacement, accessibility
Using “background-image” to Replace Text (sto)4
css, backgrounds, image-replacement
The GIR Image Replacement Technique (GIR)3
image-replacement
Real World Style2
websites, css, layout, tips-and-tricks
The Single Pixel GIF1
html, images, gif