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Issue #610

April 24, 2025

Minimal CSS-Only Blurry Image Placeholders

Minimal CSS-Only Blurry Image Placeholders

Lean Rada shares a CSS technique that produces blurry image placeholders (LQIPs) without cluttering your markup.

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First Look at The Modern attr()

First Look at The Modern attr()

Ahmad Shadeed explores different use cases for the modern attr() function.

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CSS Weekly on YouTube

▶ Top 5 CSS Navigation Menu Mistakes

▶ Top 5 CSS Navigation Menu Mistakes

Find out how to improve the UI of your navigation menus with a few lines of CSS. Along the way, you’ll learn how to create a delayed closing effect for the dropdown menus with transition-behavior CSS property, how you can utilize the :has() pseudo-class to simplify your HTML, and more.

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▶ Frontend News #13: document.designMode, Baseline & Polyfills, Style Observer

Find out how document.designMode works, improve your thinking about browser support and polyfills, learn how to observe CSS property changes using the Style Observer library, and more.

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Articles & Tutorials

Using CSS backdrop-filter for UI Effects

Preethi shares tips and tricks on effectively utilizing the CSS backdrop-filter property to style contemporary user interfaces.

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Accessibility essentials every front-end developer should know

Martijn Hols walks you through some of the key accessibility principles.

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CSS-Only Glitch Effect

Stanko Tadić demonstrates how to create a CSS-only image glitch effect.

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Reanimating the CSS Day Buttons

Amit Sheen explores ways to enhance button animations with modern CSS techniques.

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How to write error messages that actually help users rather than frustrate them

Amy Hupe shares some advice on creating error messages that help users recover quickly and continue their path through your products and services.

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Inspiration

Text Circle Animation (CSS Only)

Text Circle Animation (CSS Only)

Stijn Van Minnebruggen created an incredible interactive demo using only CSS.

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