It’s amazing how trends in modern mainstream web development have seemingly inverted. One such example (an old bookmark) while following tech more closely in school;

Therefore by purposefully giving the user a blank page, we are giving him information that the app is still loading. The user knows that the app will be functional when he sees boxes and buttons.

The truth was it didn’t matter, at least, not so much as “position independent code”, kind of. Tech appears to do a ten year amnesiac/discovery routine. Web components arrived around that time too.

Just like Safari 15.4 and Safari 16.4, this March’s release of Safari 17.4 is a significant one for web developers.

nikitonsky: Can one put EVERY possible control on one screen?

Traffic circle and highway in Bangkok, Thailand (© Avigator Fortuner/Shutterstock)

nikitonsky: Your regular reminder: if user can’t see the control, they will not use it

Arenal Volcano seen from Monteverde, Costa Rica (© Lukas Bischoff/Getty Images)

nikitonsky: Remember to add max-width to your buttons

Leopard in a tree, Kruger National Park, South Africa (© Tonino De Marco/Minden Pictures)

nikitonsky: If you are looking for the checkmarks, they are on the right. Stretching your UI is good, but only up to the point

Modica, Sicily, Italy (© Sandro Bisaro/Getty Images)