Monthly Archives: September 2014

Automatically Reloading Locally Modified CSS Files in the Browser

I’ve been looking for a good live CSS reloader and the Auto Reload extension for Firefox is the best one I’ve found. It doesn’t require any programs or services running outside of the browser, so it’s more self-contained, and doesn’t break when you proxy your outbound traffic or use remote sandboxes. You can use a regular expression for to […]

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Progressive Enhancement is Still Important

Jake Archibald makes a compelling case that progressive enhancement is still important, not because of users who’ve chosen to disable JavaScript, or because of outdated accessibility concerns, but because of graceful error handling and faster page rendering. He also dispels some myths, pointing out that building a progressively-enhanced application doesn’t have to require duplicating server-side logic and templating on the […]

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