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A crap-ton of shape() inspiration from none other than @css to help burn your Thursday.

https://css-tricks.com/complex-css-shapes-with-shape-function/

Front-End Fools: Top 10 April Fools’ UI Pranks of All Time

A little trip down memory lane. :)

https://css-tricks.com/front-end-april-fools-top-10/

Front-End Fools: Top 10 April Fools’ UI Pranks of All Time | CSS-Tricks

These are the historical pranks I consider the top 10 most noteworthy, rather than the “best.” You’ll see that some of them crossed the line and/or backfired.

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Introducing the CSS Olfactive API

Something's s little... smelly about it. 👃

https://css-tricks.com/css-olfactive-api/

Sniffing Out the CSS Olfactive API | CSS-Tricks

A deep sniff of the new CSS Olfactive API, a set of proposed features for immersive user experiences using smell.

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Short n’ sweet but ever so neat, this issue of What’s !important covers light/dark favicons, @mixin, anchor-interpolated morphing, object-view-box, new web features, and more.

https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-8/

What’s !important #8: Light/Dark Favicons, @mixin, object-view-box, and More | CSS-Tricks

Short n’ sweet but ever so neat, this issue covers light/dark favicons, @mixin, anchor-interpolated morphing, object-view-box, new web features, and more.

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Contact forms and CRM integration is fairly easy, right? Capture data and send. It's not always as simple as that, though, especially when there are business requirements that rely on that data.

https://css-tricks.com/form-automation-tips-for-happier-user-and-clients/

Form Automation Tips for Happier User and Clients | CSS-Tricks

That gap between "the form works" and "the business works" is something we don't really tend to discuss much as front-enders. We focus a great deal on user experience, validation methods, and accessibility, yet we overlook what the data does once it leaves our control

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No spicy takes here, just genuine interest and notes on whatever the heck "Generative UI" is supposed to be.

https://css-tricks.com/generative-ui-notes/

Generative UI Notes | CSS-Tricks

Looking at research and experiments that are designed to automatically generate user interfaces based on user preferences.

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So, corner-shape can be animated. Notice the added sprinkle of color-contrast().

https://css-tricks.com/experimenting-with-scroll-driven-corner-shape-animations/

If you've been on the fence about
@piccalilli's JavaScript for Everyone course, first off: be like Nike and just do it.

We've published an excerpt from it about destructuring by none other than
@wil.to to give you just a taste.

https://css-tricks.com/javascript-for-everyone-destructuring/

JavaScript for Everyone: Destructuring | CSS-Tricks

Mat Marquis and Andy Bell have released JavaScript for Everyone, an online course offered exclusively at Piccalilli. This post is an excerpt from the course taken specifically from a chapter all about JavaScript destructuring.

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For this issue of What’s !important, we have a healthy balance of old CSS that you might’ve missed and new CSS that you don’t want to miss. This includes random(), random-item(), folded corners using clip-path, backdrop-filter, font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums, the Popover API, anchored container queries, anchor positioning in general, DOOM in CSS, the customizable select element, :open, scroll-triggered animations, the toolbar element, and somehow, more.

https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-7/

What’s !important #7: random(), Folded Corners, Anchored Container Queries, and More | CSS-Tricks

For this issue of What’s !important, we have a healthy balance of old CSS that you might’ve missed and new CSS that you don’t want to miss. This includes random(), random-item(), folded corners using clip-path, backdrop-filter, font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums, the Popover API, anchored container queries, anchor positioning in general, DOOM in CSS, customizable , :open, scroll-triggered animations, , and somehow, more.

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Curious about custom <select>?

I wrote about some of my recent demos over at @csstricks!

Take a look ✨ https://css-tricks.com/abusing-customizable-selects/