Squarespace and web standards: how we helped bring HTML video and audio lazy loading to today’s browsers
How Squarespace engineers contributed lazy loading for video and audio to the web platform.
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Form-associated custom elements in practice
Retrofitting AgnosticUI with ElementInternals and form validation.
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Abusing customizable selects
Three creative CSS demos with folders, cards, and emojis.
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You don’t know HTML tables
Advanced deep-dive into table vocabulary, semantics, and the Table Object Model.
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A new meta tag for respecting text scaling on mobile
How the proposed textscale meta tag honors OS text size settings on mobile.
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Practical guide to the
<img>element: from basics to LCPImage markup tweaks that boost Core Web Vitals.
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Declarative Dialog menu with invoker commands
Hamburger menu built with
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A polyfill for the HTML switch element
Near-native switch UI for checkboxes outside Safari.
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Try text scaling support in Chrome Canary
New meta element brings OS text scaling to mobile.
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Introducing the
<geolocation>HTML elementDeclarative location requests land in Chrome 144, cutting boilerplate and improving recovery.
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Getting a close button to hang off of a dialog
Simpler dialogs with anchor-positioned close buttons.
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IDREFs: what they are and how to use them
How to build explicit HTML and ARIA relationships for accessibility.