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simevidas, 17 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to random

Is <img loading=lazy> good enough for your websites, or do you still need to use a JavaScript lazy-loading library for advanced functionality, consistency, or other reasons?

ryantownsend, 18 days ago to webdev

Oliver Lingberg just published an interview with me about the #webperf industry and my upcoming talk at his conference Pixel Pioneers on June 14th: https://pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker-spotlight-ryan-townsend

If you're considering coming you can get 10% off with the code 'Friends10', making the price just ~£140 ex VAT. Student tickets are also available for £60 – exceptional value! Full details 👉 https://pixelpioneers.co/

#webdev #webdesign #ux

A talking-head video with Ryan Townsend sat at a desk.

ryantownsend, 19 days ago to random

Building on the already awesome scroll snap functionality in CSS, we're getting some super useful JavaScript events to help synchronise elements with snaps (such as indicators on carousels): https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/-naLTco_PEo/m/GwL4OA6dAQAJ?pli=1 ❤️

ryantownsend, 23 days ago to random

Many executives I come across are under the misguided assumption that Scrum is some magical tool that conjures more productivity out of staff, rather than taking responsibility for removing obstacles their teams face.

Sound familiar? Check out my latest 'Lessons of a CTO' video 🎬

Full transcript: https://lessonsofacto.com/videos/027-the-most-important-part-of-scrum-isnt-the-responsibility-of-developers/

video/mp4

bramus, 24 days ago to random

Did a rehearsal run of my deck for tomorrow's #jsheroes and now I'm suddenly busy overhauling the entire thing ... 😬

ryantownsend, 24 days ago to random

Finally got myself a ‘new’ phone today, it’s an absolute banger.

No, it’s not an iPhone 15 Pro Max, it’s a Samsung A51 for #webperf testing and it scores less than half an iPhone 7 on Geekbench 😬 you can feel the input lag even during device setup!

Hat tip to @slightlyoff for the recommendation. Worth reading: https://infrequently.org/2024/01/performance-inequality-gap-2024/

scottjehl, 26 days ago to random

I have a bunch of writing and old talks that mention button elements as "meaningless outside of a form until JavaScript makes them do something" that are now technically incorrect due to popovertarget.
Nice problem to have though!

kizu, 26 days ago to random

I wish it was possible to insert the same element into multiple slots in web components.

Given there are other use cases for the “duplication” of something in DOM (see the selectedoption in the styleable selects as an example — https://open-ui.org/components/selectlist/#the-selectedoption-element), I wonder if we need this as a concept in DOM in general, and if this was ever proposed anywhere.

It would be awesome to be able to create a clone of an element, with an ability to automatically mirror all or some of the attributes.