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Capturing screenshots in Polypane
Sharing in-progress work, pointing out a bug, or clarifying which area you're talking about: as a developer you're sharing screenshots all the time. In Polypane, we've made it easy to capture different types of…
Polypane 19: Workflow improvements
Polypane 19 comes with updated performance tests, a live DOM view in the elements panel and tons of workflow improvements. It also runs on a new Chromium version, 124. What's Polypane ? Polypane is the web browser for…
How to check your site in different languages and writing modes
Building sites that support multiple writing modes and languages is challenging. You don't always know the language or even the script, and changing your OS to trigger certain conditions is cumbersome. Even if you're…
Forced colors explained: A practical guide
Forced colors is a CSS media query that when active radically changes the way your site looks, without any of your input. In this article we'll explore where it comes from, how it changes your site and how you can adapt…
Field-sizing just works!
field-sizing is wild. It's a new CSS property that makes input , textarea and select automatically scale to the size of their content. That means it replaces a bunch of different techniques that all require…
Polypane 18: Introducing Polypane Portal
With Polypane Portal you can now build and test your sites across all browsers, engines and devices, all without leaving Polypane. We added new features to element inspection, the document outlines and the meta data…
My take on fading content using transparent gradients in CSS
Two days ago Amit Merchant wrote a blog post on a technique to fade text out using an overlaid element based on the design of Trunk.io . He walks through how he came to this solution so go check out the article to see…
Polypane 17.1
Polypane 17.1 is primarily a bugfix and security release, but contains a few new features and newly supported browser extensions, as well as an updated Chromium. What's Polypane ? Polypane is the web browser for…
Experimental Chromium Web Platform Features
Polypane ships with the "experimental web platform features" flag enabled. This means you get to use a whole bunch of cool features as they're being experimented with in Chromium. What's Polypane ? Polypane is the web…
Polypane 17: Meta panel updates, Reference image split slider and Chromium 120
Polypane 17 ships with new features in the meta panel, a new split slider feature in the reference image tool, an updated console.table, native window controls on Windows and it runs on Chromium 120. What's Polypane…
Using Selectlist in React
Selectlist is an upcoming element that replaces the native select element with a fully stylable and customizable one, while still keeping all the native interactions and accessibility features. It's a sorely needed…
Developing for color blindness with Polypane
While you might know about color blindness, it can be difficult to imagine being color blind. In fact, many people think it means you can't see any color at all, which is not true. Full color blindness, or "Achromatopsia…
