Sunshine All Day Every Day (August 2018 Wallpapers Edition) Sunshine All Day Every Day (August 2018 Wallpapers Edition) Cosima Mielke 2018-07-31T13:11:56+02:00 2018-07-31T11:26:13+00:00 Everybody loves a beautiful wallpaper to freshen up their desktops. So to cater for new and unique artworks on a regular basis, we embarked on our monthly wallpapers adventure nine years ago, and…
What Do You Need To Know When Converting A Flash Game Into HTML5? What Do You Need To Know When Converting A Flash Game Into HTML5? Tomasz Grajewski 2018-07-30T14:00:26+02:00 2018-07-30T12:25:07+00:00 With the rise of HTML5 usage, many companies start redoing their most popular titles to get rid of outdated Flash and match their products to…
Logging Activity With The Web Beacon API Logging Activity With The Web Beacon API Drew McLellan 2018-07-27T13:40:14+02:00 2018-07-27T12:21:04+00:00 The Beacon API is a JavaScript-based Web API for sending small amounts of data from the browser to the web server without waiting for a response. In this article, we’ll look at what that can be useful…
WordPress Notifications Made Easy WordPress Notifications Made Easy Jakub Mikita 2018-07-26T14:20:27+02:00 2018-07-26T12:30:36+00:00 WordPress doesn’t offer any kind of notification system. All you can use is the wp_mail() function, but all of the settings have to be hardcoded, or else you have to create a separate settings screen to allow the user tweak the options. It…
How To Improve Test Coverage For Your Android App Using Mockito And Espresso How To Improve Test Coverage For Your Android App Using Mockito And Espresso Vivek Maskara 2018-07-25T14:00:04+02:00 2018-07-25T12:06:31+00:00 In app development, a variety of use cases and interactions come up as one iterates the code. The app might need to fetch data from…
Introducing “The WebP Manual” Introducing “The WebP Manual” Markus Seyfferth 2018-07-24T12:00:00+02:00 2018-07-24T10:53:31+00:00 What’s WebP in the first place? Can we actually use it today? And if yes, how exactly? The role of media in performance, specifically images, is of huge concern. Images are powerful. Engaging visuals evoke visceral feelings. They can provide key information and…
Converting Images To WebP Converting Images To WebP Jeremy Wagner 2018-07-24T11:00:30+02:00 2018-07-24T10:53:31+00:00 To use WebP, you’ll first need to convert your existing images to the format. This can be done in a myriad of ways, from something as simple as exporting from your preferred design program, to cloud services, to the official cwebp encoder, and…
Text Editing Tips And Tricks Roundup Text Editing Tips And Tricks Roundup Rachel Andrew 2018-07-23T13:30:35+02:00 2018-07-23T12:05:20+00:00 We asked the Smashing Community for their favorite text editing tricks, shortcuts, and features that save them time. Here’s a roundup of what we’ve found quite useful along with a couple of other suggestions you may find handy. Favourite…
Webfonts And Performance: SmashingConf Videos Webfonts And Performance: SmashingConf Videos The Smashing Editorial 2018-07-20T14:35:35+02:00 2018-07-21T10:55:17+00:00 Webfonts are difficult to get right. An often overlooked and disruptive piece of web performance, webfonts can slow down your site and leave your visitors confused and agitated. No one wants agitated visitors. Webfonts Are ▢▢▢ Rocket Science Recorded at…
Animating SVG Files With SVGator Animating SVG Files With SVGator The Smashing Editorial 2018-07-19T14:00:00+02:00 2018-07-19T12:32:23+00:00 (This article is kindly sponsored by SVGator.) Animated SVG files have become very popular. They are entirely scalable (because they are vectors), small and 100% code-based, which allows for so many transformations and tweaks. This, however, comes at a price:…
