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CSS Regions allows you to define where your content flows, as opposed to blocking out where your content should not flow. Indirect CSS gives you many tools for defining where your content flows. But the tools available so far are indirect. You can use a float to say “don’t flow in this area.” Or you... Continue reading →

By allowing text to automatically flow from one box to another, CSS Regions bring the power and flexibility of complex layout to the web. This makes it easier to build pages with layout similar to traditional newspapers and magazines, but it goes beyond that. A recent code contest with CSS Regions on CodePen showed us... Continue reading →

In case you hadn’t heard, the SFHTML5 Meetup group will be hosting a meetup on April 25th 2013 focused on making the Web better via crowd sourcing testing. Rebecca Hauck will talk to us about Test the Web Forward a community-based grass roots movement with the goal of improving the quality of the Web by fostering... Continue reading →

Here at Adobe we’ve started collecting links being shot around in the office and compiled a list of some of the interesting ones. There’s a lot of exciting news happening around the open web platform recently so be sure to check out these weekly link digests: ShaderToy.com – Develop and share web shaders all in... Continue reading →

Last week a new Pattern Rodeo contest was posted on the CodePen blog. Chris Coyier from CSS Tricks challenged folks to use CSS Regions in their designs. These pens could work with the experimental regions implementations in Chrome Canary or IE10, or use the Regions polyfill in other browsers. Twenty-three people entered the contest. The... Continue reading →

To get some experience working with and optimizing CSS 3D transformations, we decided to build an HTML screensaver demo (GitHub repo). Here’s how it works: Open the demo in any modern browser with proper 3D CSS transformation support (Chrome, Safari, or Firefox). Choose your favorite image sharing services (Flickr, 500px, Instagram, or Dribbble). Watch the... Continue reading →

The explosion of devices and screen sizes has had an interesting effect on how designers and developers use icons on the web. Used well, icons can pack a lot of information into a small amount of visual real estate. They can help UIs communicate efficiently. For example, consider The ‘conversation bubble’ icon is not only... Continue reading →

With all the buzz around CSS Custom Filters, you’re hopefully aware of all the cool effects you can play around with in Chrome Canary using our CSS FilterLab.  While we have to wait for CSS Custom Filters to hit mainstream browsers, you can use CSS Filter Lab to play with built-in CSS filters already available... Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago we released a new tool called CSS FilterLab. Web designers can quickly learn the syntax of the new CSS Filters specification by using the tool’s drag-and-drop interface. Moreover, the built-in filters showcased in the tool are already supported in stable browsers such as Safari 6 and Chrome, meaning that developers... Continue reading →

Chrome Canary now has a flag to enable CSS Exclusions. In Canary, enter “about:flags” in the address bar, find “Enable experimental WebKit features”, click “Enable”, and relaunch Canary. Note that the implementation of this feature is still in progress, and currently only a subset of shape-inside functionality is available. You can find more information, and... Continue reading →