Diigo Bookmarks 06/16/2018

2018年6月16日 著

• Firefox makers working on voice-controlled web browser called Scout - CNET

  "For Mozilla, a voice-controlled browser could open up a new way to use the web, and provide a possible source of growth and relevance for a browser maker that's struggled to compete with Google's Chrome."

• Design systems -- In the wild - BEKK

  "the truth is, many of these well-intentioned design systems fail in the end. Creating a design system is a lot of work. Often much more work than anticipated to get set up -- not to mention the effort of actually maintaining and renewing the system over time. They quickly become stale, deprioritized, and ultimately abandoned."

• Image Inconsistencies: How and When Browsers Download Images - CSS Wizardry - CSS Architecture, Web Performance Optimisation, and more, by Harry Roberts

  "Chrome, Opera, and Edge will download background-images that aren't required for first render. This means that hidden DOM nodes that have a background-image applied to them will still have that background-image downloaded. Beware unexpected downloads."

• "Distinct Design Systems," an article by Dan Mall

  "By looking across components in aggregate, we can very clearly see what the boring stuff is, because most of these design systems have them. That's stuff like buttons and form elements, as just about all of these design systems seem to contain them."

• The Layouts of Tomorrow | Max Böck - Frontend Web Developer

  "When we look back at what the web was like in earlier days, I think there's room for a lot more creativity in web design today."

• CSS {In Real Life}

  "One of the drawbacks of CSS Variables is they don't work in media queries or selector names - e.g. :nth-child(var(--n)) would not work. So it's likely you're still going to want to use preprocessor variables to some degree."

• Your Brain on Front-End Development | CSS-Tricks

  "I know when I look at a design (heck, even if I know I'm not going to be building it), my front-end brain starts triggering all sorts of things I know will be related to the task."