Nice to see a detailed comparison like this!
The Best Of The Internets
HTTP/2 - A Real-World Performance Test and Analysis
Screencasts on a (Performance) Budget
I love this post from Dave on making screencast snippets smaller by choosing video files over GIFs.
State of Responsive Images 2017
A useful update from Jason. In particular, this bit makes me happy but similarly sad as a lost opportunity:
The new responsive image standards makes it possible for us to experiment with different types of image formats without breaking the web. … Unfortunately, I haven’t seen much experimentation happening in this space.
Progressive Web App Libraries in Production
An excellent roll-up of PWA libraries out there, many of them from Google.
CSS Tip: Use :not to Save Time and Lines of Code
The :not selector has pretty good support in its most basic form. Just be sure to make sure the selector you’re not electing is supported.
Your login form posts to HTTPS, but you blew it when you loaded it over HTTP
I shared this one with Marriott when I highlighted their login oversight and they pushed back.
HTML Prototyping 101 - Offline Mode
It’s so easy to get comfortable…
So it’s on the 07.12 London-bound train from Brighton that Rich, Jon and I find ourselves reviewing a prototype while deprived of the one office luxury we’ve grown so accustomed to: a stable and generous internet connection.
Checking the Reading Order of a PowerPoint Slide
I’m starting to do the occasional PowerPoint presentation. I still favor Keynote, but it’s always good to bone up on other tools. And when I do so, I want to make sure my decks are also accessible.
ARIA Widget Checklist For Screen Reader Testing
An excellent test suite from the SSB Bart Group. It’s necessary because…
there are still significant discrepancies between valid ARIA usage and what is supported between specific screen readers and browser combinations, so there is immense benefit for such screen reader venders to get on the same page and test these assistive technologies more thoroughly and to also involve the public for crowd sourcing this feedback for entering more bugs related to these issues.
Building a fully-accessible help tooltip
It takes a lot of thoughtful consideration, research, and testing to build robust interfaces, but once that work is done, you can share your findings and make it simple for others to follow in your footsteps. Sara has kindly done the hard work here and has lovingly provided you with a guided tour on how to make an accessible help tooltip. Thank you Sara!