MapBox Develops an Open Source Vector Format for Maps
MapBox's new vector-based map tiles are more stable, more scalable, and customizable to an amazing degree.
A Blog Apart
Paul Irish on Chrome Moving to Blink
The dust has begun to settle after Google’s announcement that Chrome would soon be using their own divergent fork of WebKit as a rendering engine. Now that things have calmed down a bit, I’ve asked Paul Irish to share some of the Chrome team’s plans for the near future.
W3C to Publish Encrypted Media Extensions Specification
The W3C announced today that it intends to publish the controversial Encrypted Media Extensions extension specification despite highly outspoken resistance, paving the way for native web DRM.
Research Tips For Designers and Developers
How is the waterfall web design process like the childhood game of "Telephone," and how can we fix it? Bringing designers and developers into the discovery and research phase is a good start, says Happy Cog creative director Chris Cashdollar, who shares stakeholder interviewing tips in this helpful Cognition post.
Breaking the 1000ms Time to Glass Mobile Barrier
Ilya Grigorik discusses in detail how to construct a mobile website that loads as quickly as possible. A site that not only renders in 1 second, but one that is also visible in 1 second.
Magic Numbers and Progressive Enhancement
Progressive enhancement is part of typography now. First, style text in a generic way. Then, if the fonts you intend are active, follow up with rules that depend on the presence (and dimensions) of those fonts.
Principles of Writing Consistent, Idiomatic JavaScript
If you’re looking for a thorough JavaScript style guide for your team, Rick Waldron’s Principles of Writing Consistent, Idiomatic JavaScript is a great place to start.
Breakpoint: Really Simple, Organized, Media Queries with Sass
Breakpoint is a Compass extension designed to simplify the creation and management of media queries.
Unheap: A Tidy Repository of jQuery Plugins
A nice-to-look-at, easy-to-use reference library of jQuery plugins.
One Less JPG
Before you go worrying about how to minify every last library or shave tests out of Modernizr, try and see if you can remove just one photo from your design. It will make a bigger difference.
