HTML5 introduced several new elements to address many common use cases that developers have faced over the years. As an example you can think to the new audio
and video
elements that allow you to avoid the use of third-party software like Flash and Silverlight to play audios and videos. While media streams play an important role on the web, the W3C and the WHATWG have also tried to enhance the semantic of web pages. One of these new elements is the time
element.
Resources for Beginner Front-end Developers
Few weeks ago I received an email from a developer asking me for suggestions on how to delve into the front-end world. After having replied to this email, I thought that it’d have been nice to share the same suggestions on my blog. That’s exactly what you’ll find in this post.
Enhancing the abbr Element on Mobile
Today’s world runs fast, really fast. When writing, a lot of people use abbreviations and acronyms to save time that we can find spread all over the web. They are so used that an HTML tag, <abbr>
, was created to identify them and help the semantic of web pages.
In this article, I’ll show you a small CSS snippet that can enhance how the <abbr>
tag is shown on mobile devices.