This Week's HTML5 and Browser Technology News (Issue 239)

Read this e-mail on the Web HTML Weekly Issue 239 — May 11, 2016 We're going to rebrand HTML5 Weekly to a more 'front-end'-oriented name soon. No change in content, but 'front-end' better reflects what we're covering. If you have any opinions or suggestions, hit reply - we're reading :-) - Peter Cooper, editor A Guide to Writing Maintainable CSS Adam Silver Write CSS without worrying that overzealous, pre-existing styles will cause problems. Build Your Own Chrome Extension with Angular 2 & TypeScript Michaela Lehr Learn how to add more functionality to your browser by creating your own bookmark manager Chrome extension using Angular 2 and TypeScript. #RRGGBBAA and #RGBA Colors Coming To Browsers Serg Gospodarets Two alternative ways to specify colors in CSS using the hex format. In Firefox Nightly now and coming to Chrome and WebKit very soon. My URL Isn’t Your URL Daniel Stenberg The creator of cURL reflects on the definition of a ‘URL’ and how it varies: “The WHATWG view of a URL is not widely adopted outside of browsers.” Microsoft Dynamics CRM Uses Wijmo 5 UI Controls Wijmo  Sponsored To build the new mobile interface for its Dynamics CRM solution, Microsoft used the high-quality JavaScript controls in Wijmo 5, a collection of true JavaScript UI controls by GrapeCity. Read more about the top reasons Microsoft Dynamics chose Wijmo 5. Optimizing Pages for Large-Scale Displays Jon Yablonski Nowadays, we think a lot about smaller, mobile screens, but developers should consider the challenges and techniques to optimize for large-scale screens too. ARIA in HTML: W3C Editor's Draft W3C A new editor’s draft is out today covering a popular spec that defines the rules for the use of WAI-ARIA accessibility attributes on HTML documents. Firefox's New 'Test Pilot' Program The Mozilla Blog Mozilla has unveiled ‘Test Pilot’, a way for users to test experimental features in Firefox. Embracing Fluid Typography Michael Riethmuller Unlike responsive typography, which changes only at set breakpoints, fluid typography resizes smoothly to match any device width. Jobs craigslist seeks JavaScript Developers (San Francisco, CA)CL seeks web devs with JavaScript, CSS, and HTML experience to join a small (~50), tech-driven, laid-back workplace to design and ship new features daily, and see them loved (or hated) by millions. Come help us save the world, or at least our corner of the Internet. craigslist Job Offers. No resume necessary.Create your Hired profile to get top companies to start applying to hire you. Get offers from $75,000 - $250,000 on the platform in 1 week. Hired.com In brief Chromium Team Considering Ignoring Clicks On Elements That Have Moved Recently news  Chromium Web Fonts for President 2016 news US presidential candidates ordered by best font loading strategy. Well, why not?  Zach Letterman Safari Unprefixing CSS Grid Layout properties news Safari Technology Preview 4 will reflect this change.  WebKit New APIs to Help Developers Improve Scroll Performance news  Chromium New Angular 2 Course with Lukas Ruebbelke and Scott Moss course Angular 2 is an incredibly powerful evolution of AngularJS. Discover why Angular 2 is half the framework with twice the power.  Frontend Masters SPONSOR CSS-Filtered Backgrounds with a Fallback for Legibility tutorial  Taylor Hunt How to Implement Smooth Scrolling in Vanilla JavaScript tutorial  Giulio Mainardi The Importance of '!important': Forcing Immutability in CSS tutorial Advice on how and when to use the CSS !important property.  Harry Roberts Masking in the Browser with CSS and SVG tutorial  Maria Antonietta Perna Angular Performance: Tuning the Engine video A focus on improving performance with your Angular apps.  Todd Motto Building Web Sites that Work Everywhere video A real life example is used to demonstrate step by step how to build cross-browser, plugin-free experiences.  Doris Chen target="_blank": The Most Underestimated Vulnerability Ever? opinion Did you know that the linked page gains partial access to the source page?  Alex Jumašev CSS From The Future opinion “When will vanilla CSS be good enough to replace Sass, Less, Stylus and the rest?”  Zeke Sikelianos How to Write Better Comments in Your CSS opinion  Ethan Muller Lightning fast SSD hosts for your HTML5 project tools Host your HTML5 site on Linode servers - the fastest VPS hosts available. Use promo code HTML520 for $20 credit.  Linode SPONSOR smlr: Re-Encode JPEG Images with No Perceivable Quality Loss tools  Jason Mooberry Use Mozilla Firefox DevTools in Chrome tools Mozilla’s Valence project lets you use Firefox’s Developer Tools in projects other than Firefox (even Chrome!)  David Walsh Vital: A 'Minimally Invasive' CSS Framework for Modern Webapps code  Doximity Tocbot: Generate A Table of Contents Based On The Headings in An HTML Document code  Tim Scanlin Gutenberg: A Web Typography Starter Kit code  Matej Latin The Experimental Layout Lab of Jen Simmons demo A collection of CSS/HTML layout demos, with CodePen demo links.  Jen Simmons Curated by Peter Cooper and published by Cooper Press. Want to post a job? E-mail us or use our self-serve system. Unsubscribe : Change email address : Read this issue on the Web Published by Cooper Press Ltd. Office 30, Lincoln Way, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK

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