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Fixed headers that reveal on scrolling or swiping up
Exploring and building a mobile-first solution for optimal reading UX
27 Feb 2015
I like Mobile Safari’s method of hiding and showing the address bar. Most of your time on a website, you don’t need that bar, and it takes up valuable screen...
Force Backblaze on Mac to backup excluded folders
How to edit default Backblaze exclusions
2 Feb 2015
Update May 4, 2015: This technique no longer works. A recent Backblaze update has added strict validation controls that prevents their forbidden directories from being enabled. Even if you edit...
Older thoughts
- 23 Jan 2015
- PSA: Use a CDN for external assets like HTML5shiv
- 28 Nov 2014
- Towards a more perfect link underline
- 19 Aug 2013
- Readable light text on dark backgrounds: a case study