The Cleared archive
All past issues of the Cleared newsletter are here, free and never behind an email. Each issue covers a single month: what became newly available, what finished its 30 months of support, and a verdict on each of the few worth writing up.
AVIF cleared: one fallback can go
1 Cleared
AVIF
Nesting cleared: delete a build step
4 Cleared·1 Hold
Nesting · Lazy-loading images and iframes ·
:has()·field-sizing· MasksDelete your form’s
touchedclasses1 Cleared·2 Hold
:user-validand:user-invalid·lhunit · Container style queriesDelete your
role="search"wrapper1 Cleared·1 Hold
<search>·contrast-color()Delete your equal-height card hack
4 Cleared·1 Hold
Subgrid · Hyphenation ·
image-set()· Custom highlights ·text-indent: hangingDelete your RTL-detection script
2 Cleared
dirname·shape()Delete your
is-transitioningclass1 Cleared·1 Skip
:active-view-transition·animation-composition
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