#Development #Debates
Must sites work the same across platforms? · “We seem to be stuck on a new hurdle.” https://ilo.im/16dy0t

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#Websites #Devices #Browsers #Platforms #WebStandards #ProgressiveEnhancement #WebDev #Frontend

Do Websites Need to Function Exactly the Same on Every Platform?

While we’ve accepted that websites don't need to look the same everywhere, we seem to be stuck on a new hurdle: the idea that websites need to function the same everywhere.

Bram.us
principles

"How building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight" by @moh_kohn is another great example why building things on the web with #ProgressiveEnhancement (and #astro) in mind absolutely rules:

https://www.mohkohn.co.uk/writing/html-first/

#WebDev #frontend #html #WebComponents #a11y #accessibility #InclusiveDesign

How building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight

My client was a utility company, and they had a big problem...

Tool: <click-to-play> — a still that plays

<click-to-play> — a still that plays

Simon Willison’s Weblog

#Development #Guidelines
The golden rule of Customizable Select · “Always include text in your options.” https://ilo.im/16dsid

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#HTML #Forms #Accessibility #ProgressiveEnhancement #Safari #Browser #Design #WebDesign #WebDev #Frontend

The golden rule of Customizable Select

Customizable select is coming to Safari 27.

WebKit

🟢🟠 Progressive enhancement as a benefit of CSS Nesting
by Kilian Valkhof @Kilian @kilianvalkhof.com
#css #ProgressiveEnhancement #webdev #CSSnesting #nesting

https://kilianvalkhof.com/2026/css-html/progressive-enhancement-as-a-benefit-of-css-nesting/

Introducing the Field Guide to Grid Lanes

This week, we launched the Field Guide to Grid Lanes at gridlanes.webkit.org.

WebKit

It’s amazing how many astonishing things you can make with pure #HTML and #CSS right now, and @Cyd is proving it right now at #TheWebYouWant.

And it doesn’t even have to break things, making them complex, messy, confusing. #ProgressiveEnhancement and #gracefulDegradation are fundamental mantras.

CSS is filling the gaps with rules. A way to style gaps in grid and flex. | utilitybend

A practical walkthrough of CSS gap decorations: column-rule, row-rule, rule-break, rule-inset, rule-visibility-items, repeat(), and animation.

If you have a Leap Motion, I have used it to enhance my web-based soft synth: https://marquisdegeek.com/slytherin #ProgressiveEnhancement #leapmotion
#javascript #coding #webaudio
Slytherin - SSS - Steevs Soft Synth