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CSS Subgrid layout spec status: Nested grid alignments inside layouts
Analyzing the emerging CSS Subgrid specifications in early 2020, detailing nested grid tracks and layout alignments.
CSS Scroll Snapping browser support: Designing mobile galleries without JS plugins
Analyzing the browser support for CSS Scroll Snapping in mid-2019, detailing scroll-snap-type and scroll-snap-align alignments.
Chrome 69: CSS Scroll Snapping and Browser UI Redesigns
Analyzing Chrome 69's release in late 2018, detailing the implementation of CSS Scroll Snapping and UI styling changes.
CSS Grid Shipped: Responsive Layout Design without Grid Frameworks
Exploring the shipping of CSS Grid Layout in Chrome 57 and Firefox 52 in March 2017, detailing native CSS grid template structures.
CSS Custom Properties: Browser Support and Dynamic Runtime Variables
Exploring the browser adoption of CSS Custom Properties in early 2016. We detail structural layout changes and JS styling integration.
CSS Grid Layout Status: How CSS Grid Will Replace Flexbox and Float Hacks
Analyzing the emerging CSS Grid Layout draft specifications in mid-2015. We compare two-dimensional layouts with one-dimensional Flexbox designs.
CSS Grid Layout: The Future of Two-Dimensional Responsive Interface Alignments
Exploring the emerging CSS Grid Layout specification in late 2014, detailing two-dimensional alignment grids and template layouts.
Bootstrap 3.0 Mobile-First Refactor: Designing Viewports from Mobile to Desktop
Analyzing the announced mobile-first refactor of Twitter Bootstrap 3.0, detailing its new responsive grid architecture and fluid typography.
The Responsive Web: Retrospective on Design Standardizations of 2012
A retrospective on responsive web design in late 2012, analyzing CSS layout standardizations, preprocessor adoptions, and mobile growth.
CSS3 Flexbox: The Layout Specification Web Designers Waited For
Exploring the emerging CSS3 Flexible Box Layout (Flexbox) draft specification in late 2011, and how it simplifies responsive alignment design.
Responsive Web Design: Why Fluid Grids and Media Queries Are the Future of Mobile Web
Analyzing the revolutionary Responsive Web Design concept coined in May 2010. We look at media queries, flexible images, and fluid grid layouts.
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