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  • CSS3 animations: four stunning examples

    As an across-the-board shift towards open standards continues, Craig Grannell asks designers at the cutting edge how best to animate web pages using CSS3
    By Craig Grannell on

  • How to avoid common CSS3 mistakes

    The new features of CSS3 bring with them complexity and new things for us to screw up. This article will help keep us in check as we start using these new features.

  • Responsive web design

    With sites being accessed by an increasing array of devices and browsers, users deserve a quality experience no matter the size of their display. Ethan Marcotte explains how our designs can become more responsive
    By Ethan Marcotte on | 1 comment

  • The top 10 CSS3 techniques

    Denise Jacobs reveals her top tips on how to use the most exciting CSS3 properties - and provide fallbacks for older browsers

  • 15 surefire ways to speed up your site

    Sam Quayle considers new developments, tools and, most importantly, the techniques you can use to improve page loading times and grasp your users’s diminishing attention

  • Progressive enhancement demystified

    In Chapter 1 of his much acclaimed book, Adaptive Web Design, Aaron Gustafson explains what progressive enhancement really means, how it works and what it's got to do with the Galapagos finches and peanut M&Ms. Think of the user, not the browser!
    By Aaron Gustafson on | 1 comment

  • The future of CSS layouts

    For all the wonderful features it provides, CSS does a surprisingly poor job of the fundamentals of page layout. But options for richer, more dynamic pages are on their way, as Peter Gasston explains

  • Writing your own cross-browser polyfills

    Addy Osmani recounts his experience of creating cross-browser polyfill visibly.js and provides plenty of top tips on how you can create your own HTML5 polyfills, while avoiding the headaches developers often run into when coding them for the first time

  • Exclusive preview of the hottest CSS specs

    Divya Manian, web opener for Opera Software, provides an exclusive look behind the CSS Working Group and the lowdown on 13 exciting CSS3 specs being discussed right now. If you want to know the future of CSS, read on!
    By Divya Manian on | 5 comments

  • The developer's guide to mobile frameworks

    Mobile application consultant Jonathan Stark, author of two iPhone and Android development books, explains his process for determining the best development approach for an app and discusses the best tools available right now
    By Jonathan Stark on | 7 comments

  • 20 stunning examples of CSS 3D transforms

    UX developer Paul Hayes showcases what you can do with the power of CSS3 3D transforms. He covers everything from 3D image galleries and subtle transitions to experimental 3D environments

  • 2011 in review: 20 CSS sites that rocked!

    2011 was packed with media queries, standards-based animations and selectors, but what were the best CSS sites of the year? Web developer Peter Gasston, the author of The Book of CSS3, looks back at his favourites
    By Peter Gasston on

  • The .net strip #10: CSS ninjas

    Web designer Brad Colbow creates an exclusive weekly webcomic for .net magazine. This week he ponders the topic of CSS ninjas...
    By Brad Colbow on

  • Seven things still missing from CSS

    CSS has come a long way but it's not perfect (yet). Molly Holzschlag, passionate standardista and open web evangelist, quizzed her peers to find out what they see as the most frustrating aspects of CSS
    By Molly Holzschlag on | 24 comments

  • Seven lessons learned from responsive web design

    What’s good for the developer isn’t necessarily good for the customer. Vince Allen, senior front-end developer at Lot18, gives the background on why responsive web design is the right focus for web development

  • Where are our absolute CSS units?

    Lewis Nyman dives into the problem with multiple pixel densities across web capable devices and investigates the mysterious disappearance of our old tools, absolute CSS units
    By Lewis Nyman on | 2 comments
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