Webbed Briefs

Brief videos about the web and how to make the most of it.

Is progressive enhancement dead yet?

Short answer: not really, but listen yourself.

“CSS is a whole world. If it's the only programming language you know on top of HTML, and you know it well, that should be more than enough for a full time job.”

Is HTML a programming language?

“HTML is a programming language, and so is CSS.”

What happened to text inputs?

We keep screwing up the simplest parts of web interfaces.

What is Utility-First CSS?

A fundamental critique of the popular CSS approach.

Testing HTML with modern CSS

How to mark problematic HTML patterns without JavaScript.

The HTML anchor element

What makes the Web both Worldly and Wide.

The HTML ‘abbr’ element

You can say it like “ah! brrrrr” as if you’re cold.

The HTML ‘article’ element

An HTML5 element that is often misunderstood.

The HTML ‘aside’ element

How it relates to the ‘article’ element and what makes it special.

The HTML ‘b’ element

Is the element still useful in current practice?

The HTML ‘blockquote’ element

Usage, accessibility, alternatives, and workarounds.

The HTML ‘body’ element

There is more to say about it than you may think.

The HTML ‘button’ element

“The most misunderstood and least utilized of all HTML.”

The HTML ‘br’ element

The line break that can easily break things.

Principles of web accessibility

Essential guidelines for approaching accessible web design.

Poisoning well

An effort to dupe nasty AI crawlers with nonsense.