Post

HTML might be getting a new type of tag, which… hasn't happened this millennium. Here's the new syntax, and how it works:

xirclebox

@xirclebox.com

16 Feb

Naming is hard, apparently, because I can see this being confused with the marker pseudo-element that already exists. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...

developer.mozilla.org::marker - CSS | MDNThe ::marker CSS pseudo-element selects the marker box of a list item, which typically contains a bullet or number. It works on any element or pseudo-element set to display: list-item, such as the <li...

Firefox for Web Developers

@webdevs.firefox.com

16 Feb

That's fair. The naming definitely isn't set in stone. It's usually one of the things that changes later down the line in the feature design process.

fry69

@fry69.dev

Also, in the age of sophisticated codemods and LLMs, who can either do name complex conversions on their own, or write sophisticated codemods, changing names during a design process/phase should be much, much less of a concern than it used to be. Even for extensive example code/implementations.

17/2/26, 9:59 am0 reposts0 likes

No replies yet.