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Google forks Webkit
Yesterday, anyone old enough to have been working during the browser wars, felt the icy cold fingers of fear creep…
Video tutorials are the bane of my existence
We’ve all been there. You have an idea, something that just seems like it would work perfectly for your current…
How to use CSS specificity
If you plan to use CSS on a regular basis you need to develop an understanding of what specificity is…
April Fools’ roundup
It’s April 2nd, and news sites have gone back to reporting the news instead of inventing it. Yesterday’s annual festival…
Apple turn to Flash for security
Late on Friday night, Norwegian blogger Ally Tenor posted a number of screen grabs from Firebug that appeared to show…
Comics of the week #176
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
How to win customers, the Pinterest way
In just a couple of years, Pinterest has established itself as the third largest social networking website, behind Facebook and…
How to use CSS3 columns
With increasing diversity in monitor sizes, it’s not practical to design single blocks of text that take up the entire…
How to create a color picker with HTML5 Canvas
Creating canvas apps is the new thing, we can even create games with it, it’s supported in all major browsers…
How to make your contact forms mobile friendly
Given the rise in mobile web usage year on year, there is now an increased focus on making websites more…
Giveaway: Win $500 credits from VectorStock
VectorStock.com have a huge collection of vector files, with thousands of new files being added each week. Vectors cover subjects…
Comics of the week #174
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
QR codes turn dynamic
When I write about the black and white, crossword puzzle-like QR code, I feel like I’m talking about the stone…
Microsoft abandons Flash whitelist
There’s a concept in web design that is more important than responsive design, more important than mobile-first, more important than…
France considers net neutrality
The web has grown rapidly in the last two decades and its omnipresence makes it easy to forget that just…
Beyond blogging: WordPress as a platform
WordPress has evolved hugely over the years from simple fork of blogging software to a powerful platform. According to a…
How to use the Fullscreen API
Bundled with HTML5 came a large number of API goodness and one of the best was the Fullscreen API that…
What’s new for designers, March 2013
The March edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins and JavaScript resources,…