No build frontend is so much more fun

The joy came flooding back to me! It turns out browser APIs are really good now.

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Interop Feature Ranking

This is a nifty initiative:

This site lets you rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which proposals should be taken on for 2026.

For the record, here’s my top ten:

  1. Cross-document view transitions
  2. Speculation Rules API
  3. img sizes="auto" loading="lazy"
  4. Customizable/stylable select
  5. Invoker commands
  6. Interoperable rendering of HTML fieldset/legend
  7. Web Share API
  8. CSS scroll-driven animations
  9. CSS accent-color property
  10. CSS hanging-punctuation property

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What You Need to Know about Modern CSS (2025 Edition) – Frontend Masters Blog

Here’s a comprehensive round-up of new CSS that you can use right now—you can expect to see some of this in action at Web Day Out!

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My requests for Interop 2026 | Clagnut by Richard Rutter

Every one of these five proposals is worth a vote.

Mind you, Rich’s cynicism is understandable.

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Hack to the Future - Frontend - Matt Hobbs

Put the kettle on. This is a long one!

Matt takes a trip down memory lane and looks at all the frontend tools, technologies, and techniques that have come and gone over the years.

But this isn’t about nostalgia (although it does make you appreciate how far we’ve come). He’s looking at whether anything from the past is worth keeping today.

Studying past best practices and legacy systems is crucial for understanding the evolution of technology and making informed decisions today.

There’s only one technique that makes the cut:

After discussing countless legacy approaches and techniques best left in the past, you’ve finally arrived at a truly timeless and Incredibly important methodology.

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It’s time for modern CSS to kill the SPA - Jono Alderson

SPAs were a clever solution to a temporary limitation. But that limitation no longer exists.

Use modern server rendering. Use actual pages. Animate with CSS. Preload with intent. Ship less JavaScript.

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