Raindrop.io Bookmarks 02/09/2025

2025年2月9日

• Stanislav Petrov - Eric Bailey

  "The only reason you are alive and reading this is because Petrov understood that the systems he observed were capable of error. He was suspicious of what he was seeing reported, and chose not to escalate a retaliatory strike."

• The politics of accessibility - Brian DeConinck

  "It is not currently in my financial interests to comment on any of the specifics of what's happening in the world. But I do want to comment briefly on the inherently political nature of accessibility."

• Should navigation bars be sticky or fixed? - LogRocket Blog

  "Though there are pros and cons for using sticky or fixed navigation, users tend to prefer sticky navigation due to its benefits from enhanced usability. Unlike fixed navigation, sticky balances usefulness with screen real estate -- so users can easily access the navigation without it intruding on their overall experience."

• SpeedCurve | Page bloat update: How does ever-increasing page size affect your business and your users?

  "The median web page is 8% bigger than it was just one year ago. How does this affect your page speed, your Core Web Vitals, your search rank, your business, and most important - your users?"

• How to gif (2025 edition)

  "While AVIF should be an obvious choice, frame rate performance issues and browser bugs currently make it difficult to fully recommend. AV1 sadly requires the extra effort of exporting the video in two different formats so that a fallback can be provided for older Apple devices."

• Taking RWD To The Extreme -- Smashing Magazine

  "I think that Jen, Heydon, and Andy speak of the same thing -- an approach that shifts much of the work from the web developer to the browser. Instead of telling it how to do things, we rather tell it what to do and leave it to figure out the "how" part by itself."