Images, Page 3

It’s political season here in the United States, and it is great to see politicians taking technology issues seriously. Take Jeb Bush for example. His campaign has gone out of its way to highlight…

As a follow-up to my post discouraging the use of icon fonts, I recently wrote about the SVG icon process we’ve been using at Cloud Four. While most of the feedback I received…

Update (July 2019): Our process has changed quite a bit since this article was written. Check out our latest update! When I wrote about why you shouldn’t use icon fonts in your next…

Fun fact: Cloud Four’s design team really digs SVG. Our enthusiasm for the image format accumulated gradually over many months, thanks in large part to Sara Soueidan’s tireless documentation of its most mysterious features…

Phew. We made it! We’ve come to the end of the Responsive Images 101 series. Before we part ways with this series, I want to pass along some tips, resources and final thoughts on where…

I’ve dreaded writing this installment of the Responsive Images 101 series. Selecting image breakpoints is something everyone will face, and frankly, I have no good answers for you. But sooner or later, we will all…

Most of the time when people refer to responsive images, they are referring to inline images, not CSS images. This is because before <picture> and srcset there were no good solutions for inline responsive images.

So far we’ve been focused on how to make responsive images more performant. That’s essential, but at the end of the day, we still have the same old image on the page. Now, it is…

In Parts 3, 4 and 5, we focused on solutions for resolution switching. Now it is time to look at how to solve for art direction. The picture element—the media attribute…