The state of browsers when it comes to virtual reality and a look at the state of implementing VR on the Web using WebVR’s APIs.
Ada Rose Edwards
WebUSB allows web apps to access user permitted USB devices. There’s also support for importing JavaScript modules within script tags.
Google Developers
A usability study into the use of ‘flat’ elements on the Web, as opposed to buttons and elements with shadows and bevels.
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Giulio Mainardi shows you how to build a Trello-like layout using new Grid Layout Module features and Flexbox, along with some Sass for efficiency.
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Aaron Gustafson
The visual viewport API, in draft but now supported by Chrome 61, gives access to details on how the user zooms and scrolls around the page. A neat little demo here.
Google Developers
Could audio feedback improve the user experience of filling a form? Ruth John takes a look.
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CSS Grid to Ship in Microsoft Edge on October 17 news Greg Whitworth
Typekit Now Serving Web Fonts With No JavaScript Required news You can now add fonts to your web site using only CSS. Persa Zula
It’s easy to version control your database alongside your application Connect your database to your version control system with SQL Source Control and keep track of every change. Redgate Sponsor
Prefilling Date Input Fields tutorial Chris Coyier
A Very Basic Introduction to HTML Components tutorial Jasper St. Pierre
Browser Compatibility for CSS Grid Layouts with Simple Sass Mixins tutorial Farley Reynolds
Two Approaches to Removing Unused CSS Rules tutorial Falkus
How to Create Fancy Revealing Animations with Simple CSS Tricks tutorial Carlos Roso
9 Things You Didn’t Know About Firefox Dev Tools tutorial Kezz Bracey
Exploring Bump Mapping with WebGL tutorial Apoorva Joshi
Designing for Great Web Performance, with Addy Osmani video Google Chrome Developers
A much faster way to debug code than with breakpoints or console.log tools Wallaby.js features allow you to inspect the result of any JavaScript expression execution in your editor. Wallaby.js Sponsor
Flexbugs: A Curated List of Flexbox Issues & Cross-Browser Workarounds code Philip Walton
asm-dom: A WebAssembly Virtual DOM to Build SPAs in C++ code Matteo Basso
Lozad: Performant Lazy Loading with the Intersection Observer API code Apoorv Saxena
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