If you’re bothered by pixellated CSS background images on the Retina display, here is a little tip to make them crisp and gorgeous
Crisp background images on iPhone 4
Forcing WebKit browsers to notice CSS changes
Stuck wondering why Safari won’t repaint your dynamically generated CSS. Don’t bang your head on the desk like I did – it doesn’t help. Do this instead.
Caching CSS and JS with auto-timestamping
Probably the most challenging elements of a website to cache correctly are the CSS and Javascript files. Getting the user’s browser to cache these files is a massive speed boost…but it’s absolutely imperative that you can expire the file and deliver an update at a moment’s notice. The only way to do this reliably is [...]
It’s SVG for iPhone web apps
Just a quickie. If you’re wondering how to create icons (or other graphics) that look decent on both the standard iPhone display and the fancy-schmancy Retina display – don’t create multiple copies – just use SVG. Get a copy of Adobe Illustrator. Export to SVG. Job done. (In Mobile Safari SVG can be used both [...]
The state of web fonts
With support for @font-face finally widespread enough to make it useful, a rash of font delivery services have sprung up. Typekit Fontspring Fontdeck FontFonts Fonts.com (out of beta today) Frustratingly, none of the services work the same way. There are several delivery mechanisms in the mix (some using JavaScript, some not), the payment models are [...]