New Things You Should Know About HTML Here in Mid 2026 – Master.dev Blog

kept by eddie sep 11

The article surveys upcoming HTML features in mid‑2026, including permission elements install, customizable select, web‑component scopes, declarative shadow DOM, HTML‑in‑canvas, and new attributes like focusgroup and hidden‑until‑found.

5 CSS Properties You Should Know for Better Text Designs – Master.dev Blog
The article explains five CSS properties—background-clip, vertical-align/align-content, box-decoration-mode, letter-spacing, and text-combine-upright—to enhance web typography and text design for better visual appeal.
also on Master.dev, #web-development
SimplePlayer
SimplePlayer is a framework-free web component that provides a clean video player with overlay controls, scrubber, volume, PiP, fullscreen, and lazy loading.
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Multi-stroke text effect in CSS
Stacking CSS text-stroke layers with varying widths creates a multi-stroke text effect, though browser rendering differences (Firefox smoother than Chrome/Safari) and poor performance make it unsuitable for production.
also on Safari, Chrome, #browser-engineering, #developer-tools
The golden rule of Customizable Select
Safari 27's customizable select allows full visual styling of `<select>` elements without JavaScript, but requires text or accessible attributes on every option for usability, accessibility, and fallback compatibility.
also on Safari, #browser-engineering, #web-development
Web-Perf Wednesday 006 – Faster Browser Releases Change Your RUM Population – CSS Wizardry
Chrome and Firefox shifting to fortnightly release cycles means RUM cohorts become smaller and faster-changing, requiring release-aware analysis and annotations to avoid misinterpreting performance shifts.
also on Chrome, #browser-engineering, #web-development, #developer-tools