Blog posts from 2014
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On class names, semantics and accessibility
In the debate about ”unsemantic” class names, accessibility is often brought up. I would argue that class names have nothing to do with accessibility, and that naming things is hard. In reply to an article by Heydon Pickering in A List Apart.
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Prepping the right thing
Brad Frost wrote a very good post called ”Primed and ready to go” on how developers can get working early on in a project, even if the design is not finished. I was nodding along, going ”yes, yes, yes”, but there were things about it that didn't sit quite right with me.
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My setup and tips for cross-browser testing
A post with a long list of stuff I use to test on different browser versions, and how to set some of them up.
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Using JS Bin as an SVG playground
Some days I love the web more than other days. The other day, I had an idea for a feature request for JS Bin. A quick Twitter exchange with Remy and a filed issue on Github, and boom; the feature exists a day later. Now you can use the HTML panel on JS Bin to act as a source for SVG files! I'll explain how in this post.
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Intrinsic sizing of SVG in responsive web design
A long and rambly exploration of how sizing of SVG content works (or doesn't work) in web pages. There's cake at the end.
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Scoping margins
The one where I ask Twitter a question on setting margins in CSS, get some good replies and decide to get the blog rolling again by elaborating on my own answer.