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Registering service workers
In Jeremy’s very good book on Service Workers (it’s actually about going offline, but there’s a main role for service workers as the lead actor) he shows the feature detection way in which you call a service worker. He also covers a future-friendly way, which seems like it might never see the light of day […]
Google AMP – A 70% drop in our conversion rate
After switching to AMP pages there were some issues with the conversions. A coincidence? Potentially, but there are a few issues that are pointed out around implementing AMP that I wasn’t aware of in the past.
Chrome’s NOSCRIPT Intervention
Last week we spoke about the latest release of Chrome and the new approach to avoid loading javascript on pages that are being requested over a 2G or slower network. This week, Tim Kadlec has done a whole bunch of research around this. The article explains how you’re able to set your browser to emulate […]
Using CSS Clip Path to Create Interactive Effects, Part II
There are a lot of really cool techniques you can apply these days for some interesting art direction on the web, this is one of my favourites at the moment because it really allows us to break out of traditional boxes
Fresh From The Podcast
RWD Podcast #69 – Service Workers for everyone!
With the arrival of iOS11.3 we now have service workers on Apple devices, meaning a wave of PWAs are about to hit us. HOORAH!
RWD Podcast #68 – One size fits all Service Worker
This week I go over Jeremy Keiths new one size fits all service worker and possible use cases for service workers on travel sites. We celebrate International Women’s Day and look back on a year with CSS Grid. Transcript The transcript below is computer generated using https://www.descript.com/. I’ve noticed a few issues as I’ve gone […]
Most Recent Articles
Altering expectations by improving PWA on iOS
In an article this week, Jeremy Keith shares the experience that Clearleft have had while designing and deploying the Virgin Holidays app onto mobile. If you have read anything that Jeremy has shared in the past year you will know that he’s is a huge fan of the Progressive App approach, in fact he’s even […]
RWD Weekly #319
Hello again and welcome to this week’s responsive design weekly newsletter. This week we look at a number of different tools that will help improve your page load time by lazy loading your images. Let’s get linking. Headline A milestone for Chrome security: marking HTTP as “not secure” With the latest release of Chrome 68 […]
Visual Studio Code Shortcuts for Web Developers
This is a rolling article where new shortcuts will be added as I find them helpful. Formatting Code The code formatting is available in VS Code through the following shortcuts: On Windows Shift + Alt + F On Mac Shift + Option + F On Ubuntu Ctrl + Shift + I Alternatively, you can find […]
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