Thomas Walichiewicz proposed a :near() selector so CSS can react when a pointer gets close to an element. It would replace the usual pointermove distance math, though the CSS Working Group is still weighing the fingerprinting risk.
Conic gradients make a pie shape but leave screen readers with an empty box. This build keeps the data in the markup, places labels with cos() and sin(), and uses a few lines of JS for the slice offsets.
Mental health apps need more than clean code. This is the empathy-centred UX framework I use: progressive onboarding, low-stimulus interfaces, and a retention system that does not punish a missed day.
The contrast-color() function only works in Safari and Firefox so far, so dynamic text colors still need a workaround. Here is the OKLCH lightness trick I use in block themes and WooCommerce stores: one declaration, no JavaScript.
Which control to reach for once a dropdown of 500 product variations stops being usable: combobox, multiselect, listbox or dual listbox. With a Gutenberg ComboboxControl refactor and the keyboard focus rules a real combobox has to meet.
About 60 lines of Python turn a laptop webcam into a pointing device. Uses OpenCV and MediaPipe Hands for the 21 hand landmarks, PyAutoGUI to move the cursor, and a smoothing buffer to kill the jitter.
I tabbed out of a showModal() dialog into the address bar and assumed it was a bug. It is not. Why the W3C APA group dropped the strict focus trap, what showModal() handles for you, and the two mistakes that make focus leak.
Chrome 144 added the ::search-text pseudo-element, which finally lets you style find-in-page highlights. Relative color syntax keeps matches readable on dark themes and saturated backgrounds.
I shipped a button that passed every automated audit and still could not be triggered with a screen reader. The cause was a role attribute I had added for styling, which is the exact thing the first rule of ARIA warns about.
The 2025 Web Almanac covers 17.2 million sites. Variable fonts and text-wrap are finally common, but median mobile page weight is up 202.8% since 2015 and two thirds of sites strip their focus outlines.