Development

If a webpage's layout was an itch and Media Queries are a long, scratchy stick (that is really great but doesn't quite hit the spot), CSS Container Queries are the little claw that turns that plain old stick into a fully fledged back scratcher.

Have you ever visited a website on a nice, big monitor and thought how easy it is to use while navigating through pages and completing forms with your mouse? Have you ever then visited that website on your mobile or, god forbid, smart TV at a later date and wanted to throw your device or remote out of the window in frustration? Have you ever got tired of long, tedious questions who’s purpose is simply to lead into a larger point? Sure you have!

As a team, we’ve been having lots of conversations internally and with clients about Core Web Vitals (CWV) since November last year. This was when Google confirmed that CWV would become a ranking signal from May 2021 along with existing UX signals such as mobile-friendliness.

As you’ve probably heard, a Google update called ‘Core Web Vitals’ (CWV) is coming in May. As a designer, an update like this isn’t usually a concern for me but this one is different. Core Web Vitals is Google’s first major attempt at measuring the user experience of a website and this caught my attention.

In May 2020 Google announced a change to its ranking algorithm. The announcement gave no precise dates but said implementation would include a six month notice period, this was a sign the changes were going to be significant.

The way websites are built changes pretty rapidly these days. Cargo are delving into a few of new approaches to get up and running with a website, starting with JAMStack.

I can’t fit into a rabbit hole - well, maybe I could with the help of a tiny, bottled beverage - but I find myself metaphorically falling head over heels down, into and around them on a regular basis.

Due to an ever growing client base and some exciting new projects we are looking for another developer to join our growing team.

Working with CSS for a website’s layout has always been a little bit hacky. Not that using floats or display: inline-block; haven’t served their purpose, it’s just they aren’t the right tools for job; they were never meant to be used for layout and structure. In the past, there have been many workarounds to make a website look like it has structure, some of which had some pros but a higher number of cons.

It's in the news again. Like the repeated attempt at losing some weight every January (just me?), the turn of the year saw another wave of attempted website hacks - targeted mainly at the WordPress platform.