687: Ben Frain on Responsive Design
Ben's got an updated edition of his book, Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS, to chat about as well as how much AI is being inserted into writing, layers, scope, color contrast vs contrast color, shouldn't AI bots pay for data they slurp, iFrames permissions issues in Chrome, anchor positioning, and where have all the bloggers gone?
Time Jump Links
- 00:20 Responsive ?? web design??
- 01:12 Introducing Ben Frain
- 03:13 Why Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS in 2025?
- 04:18 AI being inserted into the conversation
- 10:52 How we built websites at the turn of the century
- 16:50 Sponsor: Atomic Design Certification Course
- 23:15 What do we think of layers?
- 25:19 Is scope worth the effort?
- 32:05 Color contrast and contrast color
- 38:39 What is responsive design's place in 2025 and beyond?
- 45:07 AI slurping up data without paying
- 47:56 Scroll driven animations and view transitions
- 50:54 iFrames permissions issue in Chrome
- 54:13 Anchor positioning struggles
- 56:11 Shouldn't people still blog?
- 58:33 When's Dave's sci-fi book coming?
- 00:47 Why this book now?
- 03:31 Ben's keyboard YouTube channel
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