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Those default box shadows that appear inside of your input elements on iOS can be pretty annoying, especially if you're going for a flat or subtle look.

Have you ever needed to send a PHP variable, array, or object to JavaScript?

Years ago I showed you how to force a file to download with PHP.

I stumbled across a tweet the other day and it's been resonating in my mind ever since.

Some thoughts I had after conversations with a friend who has a terrible manager.

Feedback is critical to an app's success.

I stumbled across a post today (that unfortunately no longer exists) and I was almost convinced that I had written it myself.

Back in 2012, I wrote an article called Down with the "Share" Widget.

I've had my head buried so deep in code that I hadn't even noticed this existed.

Last week I started using spaces to indent code instead of tabs.

Here's something exciting from the CSS world: shapes!

For ultra lightweight projects where a framework is overkill, I tend to use Eric Meyers' CSS reset.

If I told you to make something using only CSS and a single <div>, would you be able to create something incredible?

So, you're building the next big thing?

Sick of booting up an entire virtual machine (VM) just to test something in IE?

I know you can change the mouse cursor using CSS, but I never realized that you can actually hide it altogether. .no-cursor { cursor: none; } Of course, that doesn't mean you should, it just means you can.

The word "startup" has taken on a very unfortunate meaning over the years.

Since my audience consists primarily of web developers, I decided to try a little experiment the other day.

I've been using Subtle Patterns for quite some time now.

Have you ever wondered what color that certain shade of blue is?

A tweet by Remy Sharp sparked my thoughts about being an introvert and starting a company.

Before HTML5, working with arbitrary data sucked.

I had a cush job at a university with great benefits, decent pay, and normal hours.

When I learned how to use the ternary operator years ago, I fell in love with it.

By now, you know that optimizing images and other resources can reduce bandwidth and help your website load faster.

jQuery makes it easy to add, remove, and toggle classes on various elements.

Last week I wrote about how to get faster and better help from support.

Both Chrome and Firefox render PDF files in the browser, making them easier for users to view.

Ever wish you turn the volume up or down just a tiny bit more on your Mac?

You know how Dribbble shows a color palette for each shot users upload?

Author and entrepreneur Ryan Allis shares 1,264 slides about life, entrepreneurship, and the world.

Last week I wrote about faster JavaScript animations using VelocityJS.

It's been over two years since Paul Irish famously posted the box-sizing trick that would bring us back to the days of early Internet Explorer.

If you need alpha transparency on the web, 24-bit PNGs are usually your best bet.

It's tempting to take out your frustrations on the support person answering your email, but don't send out a message raging about their incompetence.

Swapping the value of two variables normally takes three lines and a temporary variable.

When I hear a simile like this, it's hard to not share.

HTML5 was the first to get an official logo.

We've been hearing about PHP 6 since 2005, but nothing has been brought to fruition yet.

There's an excellent trick to parsing URLs in JavaScript, which was introduced last year by John Long over on GitHub.

If you're looking for an online utility to convert JPEG, PNG, or GIF images to ICO format, here's one that does exactly that.

This is a simple method for validating both email addresses and URLs.

Gone are the days of arbitrarily assigning version numbers to every new software release.

It's true.

There are many, many, many ways to hack a file input so it looks and behaves consistently across all browsers.

So you want to be a web developer...excellent choice!

In a world dominated by social media, it's natural to want visitors to share your content with friends and followers.

When working with CSS transitions, the need to detect whether or not the browser supports them may arise.

There are a number of ways to make "clean URLs" work on your site, but this one is pretty straight forward.

While I understand and value the concept of feature detection over browser detection, sometimes the need for knowing whether or not we're dealing with a mobile device arises.