Collective #183
Inspirational Website of the Week: Kwok Yin Mak
A fantastic portfolio with smooth transitions and an impeccable design. Our pick this week.
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Using requestIdleCallback
Learn about requestIdleCallback, Google Chrome's new performance API for scheduling work when the user is idle. By Paul Lewis
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Thinking Responsively: A Framework for Future Learning
Paul Robert Lloyd writes about how we need to consolidate our learning in the post RWD enlightenment era.
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Frontify Style Guide
Create free brand and design style guides with Frontify Style Guide.
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Cohesive Colors
A tool for creating more cohesive color schemes. Made by Javier Bórquez.
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Wallop: A minimal JavaScript library for showing & hiding things
Wallop is a small library for easily showing and hiding elements. Made by Pedro Duarte.
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What happened to Web Components?
A great read on the current status of Web Components by Dr. Axel Rauschmayer.
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Animated SVG Image Slider
A really fantastic image slider effect with SVG. Made by Sebastiano Guerriero from CodyHouse.
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The future of layout with CSS: Grid Layouts
An article on the exciting grid layouts by Patrick Brosset.
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CSS vs SVG: Styling Checkboxes and Radio Buttons
Learn some techniques of styling checkboxes and radio inputs with CSS or SVG and what the differences of the methods are. By Sara Soueidan.
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Responsive Images 101, Part 9: Image Breakpoints
Yet another great article from the responsive images series on Cloud Four Blog by Jason Grigsby.
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toxy
Hackable HTTP proxy to simulate server failure scenarios and unexpected network conditions.
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In Other Words: Using the blockquote, cite and q elements
Dudley Storey shows how to properly use the blockquote element.
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Free Font: Stoked
A unique display typeface designed by Marie-Michelle Dupuis and available for free.
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YouTube Gaming
Oh yeah! YouTube just for gaming!
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Share the Force
Explore Star Wars memories on this fantastic site. A promotional campaign by Target.
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Food & Drink UI Kit (PSD + Sketch)
A beautiful UI kit with a gastronomic theme by Sergiu Firez.
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Free Pack of Realistic Vintage Light Bulb Sign Letters
A free vintage light bulb letters pack by Chris Spooner.
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Free Font: Amsdam Regular
A lovely font with cute details designed by Davide Mancini and available for a tweet.
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Officehours
Officehours connects you with experts who give one-on-one advice for free.
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Responsive Upscaling: Large-Screen E-Commerce Design
A very interesting read on responsive upscaling of e-commerce sites by Christian Holst on Smashing Magazine.
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Precognitive Pages: Using Resource Hints to Accelerate Site Performance
Learn about how to use resource hints as a very effective technique to accelerate page delivery times. Another great read by Dudley Storey.
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