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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.
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.
Mobile Web vs. Native Apps: Deciding the Strategy for 2011
A decision guide for enterprise mobile planning in 2011, comparing native development (iOS/Android) with HTML5 web apps and PhoneGap wraps.
Designing Fluid Tablet Interfaces: UI/UX Lessons from the iPad 2
Analyzing tablet UI layouts following the announcement of Apple's iPad 2. We discuss designing split view controllers, hover states removal, and target constraints.
jQuery Mobile and the Mobile Web: Building Cross-Platform Touch UIs
Analyzing the newly announced jQuery Mobile framework. We look at HTML5 attributes, touch-optimized widgets, and cross-platform UI architectures.
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.
Thoughts on Flash: Steve Jobs' Letter and the Catalyst for Open Web Standards
Reviewing Steve Jobs' April 2010 open letter 'Thoughts on Flash' and its immediate impact on web development, mobile browsers, and video streaming standards.
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