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• The Arch: Using Rust & WebAssembly to animate 30k colored LED lights

  In June, Mozilla collaborated with artist Ian Brill to create an installation called the “Arch” at JSConf EU in Berlin. This interactive environment allowed people to experience the intersection of art and technology in a physical, pulsating, immersive way. The environment also created an opportunity for JavaScripters and friends to ...

  Posted July 19, 2018 by Dan Brown

• 9 Biggest Mistakes with CSS Grid

  CSS Grid is groundbreaking new technology for web design. In her newest Layout Land video, Jen Simmons explains the 9 Biggest Mistakes people are making as they adopt this new technology, with advice and tips for avoiding pitfalls and breaking old habits.

  Posted July 18, 2018 by Jen Simmons

• 360° Images on the Web, the Easy Way

  One of the most popular uses for VR today is 360° images and video. These are easy to discover and share online, and you don’t need to learn any new interactions to explore the 360° experience. But building 360° views is not as easy as exploring them. In this post, ...

  Posted July 17, 2018 by Josh Marinacci

• MDN Changelog for June 2018

  Our monthly changelog documents what happened in June to the code, data, and tools that support MDN Web Docs site. The team shipped 100+ HTML interactive examples in June. They additional shipped tweaks and fixes by merging 252 pull requests, including 32 pull requests from 26 new contributors. Finally, the ...

  Posted July 06, 2018 by John Whitlock

• Dark Theme Darkening: Better Theming for Firefox Quantum

  A team of computer science students from Michigan State University's capstone program went to work on Firefox Quantum’s Theming API. Their goal: Expand upon the existing “lightweight” Theming API in Quantum to allow for more areas of customization. Themes had the ability to alter the appearance of the default toolbars, ...

  Posted July 03, 2018 by Dylan Stokes