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  • Can we have custom media queries, please?

    Published Aug 08 2021 in CSS

    CSS custom properties don't work in media queries. Custom media queries could help out here but unfortunately, they're not supported yet.

  • em and strong are not announced by screen readers

    Published Jul 25 2022 in Accessibility

    em and strong elements are not announced by assistive technologies such as screen readers.

  • Three input element properties that I discovered while reading MDN edited

    Published Sep 02 2018 in JavaScript

    The HTMLInputElement has a lot of properties that you might now use every day or even have heard of. This article describes defaultValue, indeterminate and selection properties.

  • The short version of 'git status' and the close but different '--porcelain' mode

    Published Nov 28 2017 in git

    How to use 'git status --short/-s' to get shorter and easier to grasp status information but 'git status --porcelain' when you build automation with it.

  • How to prerender Tweets without using the official Twitter APIs

    Published Jul 29 2023 in APIs , JavaScript , StaticSites

    Use Twitter's "hidden" embed API to statically prerender Tweets on your sites.

  • Load the default OS font with CSS

    Published Jan 25 2025 in CSS , Fonts

    Drop outdated font declarations and load the operating system default font with system-ui.

  • Notes on relying on the ARIA Authoring Practices Guide

    Published Feb 19 2026 in Accessibility

    Many people treat the ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG) as source of truth about building accessible websites and implementing accessible components and widgets. Eric highlights why the guide isn't the source of truth and why it never was supposed to be.

  • Target=_blank implies rel=noopener

    Published May 12 2024 in HTML

    In modern browsers there's no need to define rel="noopener" because it's set automatically.

  • A look at the dialog element's super powers

    Published Mar 08 2022 in CSS , HTML , JavaScript

    The new dialog element is more than a display toggle because it provides better focus handling, inert functionality and closes on keypress.

  • New lines are removed from WHATWG URLs

    Published Mar 03 2026 in HTML , JavaScript

    Line breaks and tabs are automatically removed from URLs when used in links or URL constructors.

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