Raindrop.io Bookmarks 04/12/2025
- Vision for W3C
"The W3C Vision articulates the values that underpin W3C's mission, what W3C is, what it does and why that matters, and the principles by which it operates and makes decisions."
- Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare--And Finally, Designers Are Waking Up
"Thin fonts were a mistake. They looked sleek for a while, but they were never practical. Now, as more brands move toward usability-first typography, it's time to let go of the past."
- Deno v Oracle Update 3: Fighting the JavaScript Trademark
"Anyone in software knows Oracle hasn't played a meaningful role in JavaScript's evolution in decades. Many developers were surprised to learn it still holds the trademark at all. The language is standardized by Ecma, governed by TC39, and implemented by Apple, Google, Mozilla, and others."
- Default styles for h1 elements are changing | MDN Blog
"The outline algorithm was removed from the HTML spec in 2022, but the UA stylesheet rules still remain. The rules in the default styles are what browser vendors are starting to remove now."
- Why UI Automation is Insufficient as an Accessibility API for the Web | Jantrid
"UI Automation (UIA) is Microsoft's recommended accessibility framework for Windows, replacing the earlier Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) framework. Despite this, to access web content, screen readers such as NVDA and JAWS continue to use IAccessible2, an open source API based on MSAA."
- First Look at The Modern attr()
"Now, we can use attr() and define the type of value we want to use."
- The future of government is green: five ways to make a sustainable difference today | hidde.blog
"The footprint of digital services is largely in three areas: energy used by data centres, energy used by networks and energy used by our users' devices. My recommendations are based on reducing each pillar."