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title: "This Week's HTML5 and Browser Technology News (Issue 211)"
publication: "Frontend Focus"
issue: 211
published_at: "2015-10-21"
canonical_url: "https://frontendfoc.us/issues/211"
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This Week's HTML5 and Browser Technology News (Issue 211)
CSS commenting shenanigans, lazy loading images, responsive image support in Edge, and more. — [Read this e-mail on the Web](http://frontendfoc.us/issues/211)
Frontend FocusIssue 211 — October 21, 2015[Pseudo-Comments in CSS, or How Browsers Parse Styles](http://www.sitepoint.com/pseudo-comments-in-css-or-how-browsers-parse-styles/?utm_source=frontendfocus&utm_medium=email) A deeper-than-you’d-expect look at using loopholes in the CSS spec for ‘commenting’ out certain CSS properties without doing it the intended way. SitePoint
[Lazy Loading Images on the Web](http://developer.telerik.com/featured/lazy-loading-images-on-the-web/?utm_source=frontendfocus&utm_medium=email) Brian Rinaldi discusses a number of methods to reduce the initial weight of a web page by delaying the loading of images that are outside of the viewport. Telerik Developer Network
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[Using the aria-owns Attribute](http://tink.uk/using-the-aria-owns-attribute/?utm_source=frontendfocus&utm_medium=email) When a parent/child relationship is evident visually, but isn’t represented in the DOM, ‘aria-owns’ can be used to establish that relationship in the accessibility layer. Léonie Watson
[Using 'srcset' and the 'picture' Element to Tailor Images to Every Device and Layout](http://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/10/07/using-extended-srcset-and-the-picture-element-to-tailor-your-image-to-every-device-and-layout/?utm_source=frontendfocus&utm_medium=email) As of the latest Windows Insider Preview build, Edge supports srcset, sizes, and picture, a ‘suite of technologies that make up responsive images’. Even if you’re not interested in Edge, this post looks at how they work. Microsoft Edge Dev Blog
[How to Master Screen Orientation with HTML5](http://www.creativebloq.com/web-design/master-screen-orientation-html5-101517371?utm_source=frontendfocus&utm_medium=email) A quick look at the techniques you can use to detect and control screen orientation changes from an HTML5 game developer POV. Creative Bloq
[Don’t Wait for ServiceWorker: Easily Add Offline Support](http://davidwalsh.name/dont-wait-serviceworker-adding-offline-support-oneline?utm_source=frontendfocus&utm_medium=email) A discussion of some methods for making your apps available offline and an option for doing so in one line without relying on ServiceWorkers. David Walsh
[Input Device Capabilities, a New Feature in Chrome 47](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/10/inputdevicecapabilities?hl=en) The InputDeviceCapabilities API provides details about the underlying sources of input events via a ‘sourceCapabilities’ object. Paul Kinlan
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