I like mailto: links. They worked forever and they kind of make sense. Lately there was a discussion around their usability and what can be improved, which is great. I got some good feedback on Twitter and dug a bit into our design research if there’s something in the making to make things more obvious. […]

Here’s a quick experiment in pure CSS how to cover a GIF with a play button instead of playing it. You can see it in this codepen or also play with it on GitHub. The GitHub code repository is also available. See the Pen CSS only "click to show GIF" by Christian Heilmann (@codepo8) on […]

A few weeks ago Chris Ferdinandi wrote an ode to HTML called Always bet on HTML in which he once again praises the benefits of HTML as a base for your products on the web. He is correct and makes a lot of great points. However, we made these points for 20+ years and people […]

As someone who has been doing this web development thing for a long time I am amazed how cool our tooling is by now. The best development environments don’t only make it easy for you to develop. They also guide you to do things right. Take this simple example of adding an image to an […]

Animations and transitions are things that can make a product feel much more natural and welcoming. They can also be a great way to make slow processes feel faster. But not everybody is OK with seeing animations and they can overwhelm people or – when done wrongly – even cause nausea and seizures. That’s why […]