Industry News - May 3, 2021
IN THIS ISSUE: Safari Gets a Grid Inspector; Pssst...Want Some Free Fonts?; A Guide to Google's Core Web Vitals; 18 Pitfalls of Mobile Commerce Design; TIP: How to Handle Mobile Viewports; BEST PRACTICE: Handling Cookie Notices
Inside Safari's New Grid Inspector
Getting complex HTML layouts to look just right can be confounding, even when using the web-standard CSS Grid Layout. Apple offers some help with CSS Grid Inspector, a new feature included in the Safari Technology Preview 123 that provides visibility into elements of the layout.
For those living by the "If it's free, it's for me" credo, this sight will definitely be for you.
A Guide to Google's Core Web Vitals
There's more to raising your Google search ranking than linkbacks and keywords. A lot more. Here's how to measure and modify for results.
18 Common Pitfalls of Mobile Commerce UX Design
There are tons of articles covering common (and sometimes hilarious) mistakes made when building user interfaces. This is the one to bookmark.
TIP: How to Handle Mobile Viewports
The language is a little rough, but this technique presents a solid way (with code) to address a common issue when building mobile apps for Android.
BEST PRACTICE: Handling Cookie Notices
Anyone doing web development in the past year has likely had to build some sort of alert regarding the site's use of cookies. Here's a set of practices that might have come in handy.
Edward Correia
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The section on Safari's New Grid Inspector caught my attention. Complex HTML tunnel rush layouts can be challenging to perfect, even with the use of CSS Grid Layout. Apple's CSS Grid Inspector, available in Safari Technology Preview 123, seems like a useful tool for gaining visibility into layout elements, which could greatly assist in achieving desired results.