Before color-contrast(), stylesheet authors needed to know accessible colors ahead of time. Often a palette would show black or white text on a color swatch, to indicate to a user of the color system which text color would be needed to properly contrast with that swatch.
It’s an exciting time for CSS! It feels like new features are being added every day. And yet, through it all, CSS has managed to remain an accessible language for anyone making websites. Is this an inevitable part of the design of CSS? Or has CSS been formed by chance? Let’s take a look at the history—and some alternative histories—of the World Wide Web to better understand where we are today. And then, let’s cast our gaze to the future!
Slides: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bfgtlzv90jxjz00/InAndOutOfStyle.pdf?dl=0
About Jeremy: https://adactio.com
Follow Jeremy: https://twitter.com/adactio
More about CSS Day: https://cssday.nl or https://twitter.com/cssdayconf
Receive conference announcements in your inbox: https://cssday.nl/subscribe
There Is No Such Thing As A CSS Absolute Unit — Smashing Magazine
What are absolute units? What are the differences between relative and absolute units, and how do we create accurate sizes on the web? In this article, Elad Shechter explains why CSS absolute units aren’t so absolute.
CSS Layout has been transformed over the past years. We have you covered with all you need to master this new world. If you want to understand the technical details, or learn how to use new CSS creatively, these guides can help.