Raindrop.io Bookmarks 01/22/2025

2025年1月22日

• What I learned by creating a dark mode toggle | Clagnut by Richard Rutter

  "The short answer is: quite a lot. The long answer covers some accessibility issues, some new CSS, some slightly older CSS, some high level colour theory, a bit about SVGs, and some typography finessing; all of which I'll cover in this post."

• So, you want to push a web platform feature?

  ""If you give the same advice more than twice, write a blog post!" - Abraham Lincoln"

• Quick Note: Limit use of "logo" in alt text - Nat Tarnoff

  "For a screen reader user, the type of graphic isn't as important as conveying its meaning. If the logo is used in the page, you only need to say the name of the brand."

• Back to Text: How AI Might Reverse Web Design by @ttunguz

  "What if the future of the web is exactly how it started : pure text websites? But text for robots, not text for humans."

• My website has been gaslighting you - daverupert.com

  "How I change my website a little bit every day without you realizing it"

• CSS attr() gets an upgrade - Bram.us

  "A feature shipping in Chrome 133 - which goes stable on Feb 4 - is a more powerful attr(). From Chrome 133 onwards you use attr() with any CSS property -- not just content - and it can parse values into data types other than <string>."

• HTML Developers: Please Consider - in the year of 2025 - HTML Accessibility

  "By using native HTML features, wherever practical, over custom HTML with bolt-on semantics and interaction behaviours, you will save yourselves and users a lot of grief and ensure that your User Interfaces work robustly across the largest number of devices, operating systems, input devices, browsers and assistive technologies."