A hero video component is a popular request/demand. Unfortunately for our users, videos take longer than images to download, and cannot be preloaded like images can. But when the boss says “video”, what are you to do? This handy component tries to find the best of both worlds, responsively providing something for the user to look at while the video downloads, and improving the CWVs along the way! Continue reading
Category Archives: ux
Today’s Readings
The latest installment in my “Today’s Readings” series, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web, including #animation, #baseline, #css, #cwv, #devtools, #grid, #js, #performance, #ux and more. Happy reading! Continue reading
Today’s Readings
The latest installment in my “Today’s Readings” series, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web, including #css, #chrome, #devtools, #debugging, #firefox, #github, #performance, #webcomponents and more. Happy reading! Continue reading
Today’s Readings
The latest installment in my “Today’s Readings” series, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web. Happy reading! Continue reading
Today’s Readings
After a bit of a hiatus, the latest installment in my ‘Today’s Readings’ series drops today, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web, including #css, #cwv, #lighthouse, #webperf, #viewtransitions, #webcomponents and more. Happy reading! Continue reading
Today’s Readings
The latest installment in my ‘Today’s Readings’ series, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web, including #a11y, #aria, #css, #cwv, #devtools, #fonts, #html, #js, #perf, #pwa, #tailwind, #webcomponents and more. Happy reading! Continue reading
Today’s Readings
The latest installment in my ‘Today’s Readings’ series, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web, including #a11y, #css, #git, #github, #html, #js, #performance, #usability, #vscode and more. Happy reading! Continue reading
Today’s Readings
The latest installment in my ‘Today’s Readings’ series, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web, including View Transitions, Scroll Transitions, @property, @scope, Custom Properties and more. Happy reading! Continue reading
Today’s Readings
The latest installment in my “Today’s Readings” series, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web. Today’s topics include a11y, CSS, debugging tips, fetchpriority, grid, LCP, performance, PWAs, the View Transitions API and more. Happy reading! Continue reading
Using Resource Hints to Improve the Page Load Experience
As webpages become more complex, they also become larger and slower. The browser then has a tougher time finding all of the assets it needs. But we can help by giving the browser a few hints… Happy hinting! Continue reading