Build a Grid-to-Full-Screen Image Animation With CSS (and a Touch of JavaScript)

In this tutorial, I’ll show you a motion effect where a split-screen image grid layout will turn into a full-screen image. 1. Begin With the HTML Markup We’ll define three sections: The first and third sections won’t have any real value, but we’ll utilize them to prove that the effect can work inside any page content.… Continue reading Build a Grid-to-Full-Screen Image Animation With CSS (and a Touch of JavaScript)

Build an Infinite Blinking Text Animation With CSS and a Touch of JavaScript

In this new tutorial, we’ll learn how to create an infinite blinking/flashing text effect with CSS animations and a bit of JavaScript. Specifically, selected text parts will switch colors after a certain period. After that, the animation will reinitialize.  Our Text Effect Here’s what we’re going to create. It’s a great addition to a portfolio… Continue reading Build an Infinite Blinking Text Animation With CSS and a Touch of JavaScript

I Want to Draw: Simple Exercises for Complete Beginners

Do you struggle with a simple circle from the first step of every tutorial? Do your straight lines keep bending, no matter how hard you try? Do you seem to be unable to draw two points with a given distance between? Do your pictures look wrong even after repeating carefully every single step from a… Continue reading I Want to Draw: Simple Exercises for Complete Beginners

What is a screen reader?

Screen reader basics I use a screen reader on my mobile device every day, so it’s a technology I’m very familiar with. But I know it’s new and strange to most people. So let’s go through the basics! Screen readers are mainly used by people with no or limited vision to get information in a… Continue reading What is a screen reader?

Build a Static Portfolio With Advanced CSS Bar Chart

In a previous post, I showed you how to build a beautiful fullscreen portfolio page. During that tutorial we also learned how to create a responsive CSS column chart. In this tutorial we’ll build another attractive static portfolio page, this time featuring a pure CSS bar chart without using any external JavaScript library, SVG, or the canvas… Continue reading Build a Static Portfolio With Advanced CSS Bar Chart

Taking Control of the tvOS Focus Engine

Introduction On iOS, users normally interact with your apps via the device’s touch screen. On tvOS, however, user interaction is handled by moving the current focus between views on the screen. Luckily, the tvOS implementations of the UIKit APIs handle the changing of focus between views automatically. While this built-in system works very well, for specific… Continue reading Taking Control of the tvOS Focus Engine

Modern Touch of Polygon Web Design

Low poly designs are rather popular today. Polygon mesh, firstly seen in 3D graphics, now appear on various-themed websites and seem to perfectly fit any style. This design perfectly fits the overall trend towards flat style and can be perfectly used in minimalist websites. The term “low poly” is used in technical and visual aspects… Continue reading Modern Touch of Polygon Web Design

Slideout.js – Touch Slideout Navigation Menu for Web Apps

Slideout.js is a touch slideout navigation menu for your mobile web apps. it’s dependency-free with simple markup. It supports native scrolling. You can easily customize it as you wish. It supports different CSS transforms & transitions. Best of all, it’s just 4 Kb. Requirements: – Demo: https://mango.github.io/slideout/ License: MIT License

Touch of Technomagic – Literally Fantastic Website Designs

Today we are going to review tech style website designs that are inspired by sci-fi movies, neurobotic artworks, artificial and intelligent worlds of tomorrow, space arcades, cosmic landscapes and other fantastic stuff. Unfortunately such prodigious designs quite rarely occur in our time. There are a couple of reasons: first of all, professionals prefer to follow… Continue reading Touch of Technomagic – Literally Fantastic Website Designs

70+ jQuery Touch Event Plugins – Support Touch Gestures!

As the market for mobile devices with touch screens explodes, more and more websites are optimized for offering mobile visitors an optimal experience. With jQuery touch event plugins it is rather simple to allow touch screen users to interact with and navigate your website using touch gestures! In the recent years, the need to make… Continue reading 70+ jQuery Touch Event Plugins – Support Touch Gestures!