Tag Archives: HTML5
Mobile Payments with the Payment Request API
January 4, 2017, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
We’ve recently written about the effect UX has on conversions. One place that has always had a lot of friction is the checkout process, particularly the manual entry of billing information on handheld devices. There have been several drives to reduce such friction in recent years, including Apple Pay, Android Pay, and Samsung Pay, to... Read More
2016 Year in review: Highlights from the mobile web
December 15, 2016, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
2015 was a hard act to follow. That year, we noted, was an exceedingly good year for mobile, with highlights including advances in progressive web apps, web performance, and the Physical Web. Many of these themes have continued into 2016. From this viewpoint, 2016 was more of a year of iterative progression, than of pure... Read More
How to build an animated loading spinner
July 5, 2016, by Stephen Delaney
Loading spinners are a great way to provide user feedback during waiting periods. This can signal to a user that your website has not crashed and is processing information. The original way to create loading spinners for the web was by using animated GIFs. Animated GIFs can have weight issues. This is due to the... Read More
Service worker toolkits and libraries
March 9, 2016, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
Overwhelmed by service workers? Here’s a collection of tools and libraries that will help tame this powerful beast!... Read More
Firefox service worker puts spotlight on Safari
January 27, 2016, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
Firefox 44 arrived this week, and with it came service workers and push notifications, the latter dependent on the former. We’re big fans of the Service Worker API and the possibilities it brings to the web. Service workers power some of the best new HTML5 features, such as offline experiences and the just-mentioned push notifications... Read More
