Nathan Knowler

@knowler@sunny.garden
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Building websites. Interested in #Accessibility, #ProgressiveEnhancement, and #WebComponents. Currently at the intersection of #CSS and the #ShadowDOM. #ReadThePlatform. Proudly #Métis.
Websitehttps://knowler.dev
GitHubhttps://github.com/knowler
LocationTreaty 1 (Winnipeg)
Pronounshe/him/his
this week is really illustrating why I don’t like to make plans and usually just fly by the seat of my pants for everything.
@miclgael they should make it even more painful and implement this: https://sharpletters.net/2025/04/16/hdr-emoji/
HDR‑Infused Emoji

Supercharging Slack’s Reaction Icons

sharpletters
@chriskirknielsen @robb the Apple logo is the first thing I put a sticker on 😅
@zachleat I sense a great deal of pain in whoever put this together.
@leaverou Probablyfill 😂
95% of my public “portfolio” is hyper-focused proof of concepts that usually aren’t impressive on their own, but might have added up to something greater in my actual work that I couldn’t share.
What do you do when you have to present your portfolio? I feel like I always have next to nothing that I can share publicly.
@swithinbank @mayank ya, in that scenario we had a play/pause button as well.

@swithinbank @mayank I’ve used `role=img` with an `aria-label` before (it was a pattern we used on a website that had accessibility requirements which had to pass before shipping; we had a dedicated team of specialists reviewing our work too).

Also, I think some browsers actually support something like `<img src=video.mp4>`. This is pretty dated: https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2017/animated-gif-without-the-gif/

Evolution of <img>: Gif without the GIF

tl;dr GIFs are awesome but terrible for quality and performance Replacing GIFs with <video> is better but has perf. drawbacks: not preloaded, uses range requests Now you can <img src=".mp4">s in Safari Technology Preview Early results show mp4s in <img> tags display

Web Performance Calendar
“It doesn’t hurt me and it’s kinda useful, so I guess it’s alright.” – ex-AI skeptic, ex-anticapitalist, ex-decolonialist…