Creating websites with prefers-reduced-data

Spoiler alert: There is no support for it yet. But it is defined in the Media Queries Level 5 spec that includes other recent, but more familiar user preference features, like prefers-color-scheme and prefers-reduced-motion. The Polypane blog goes into incredible depth on prefers-reduced-data, especially for something that we have yet to see in the wild. That’s actually what makes the Polypane team an ideal voice on the subject. It’s product is a browser that is able to emulate … Read article “Creating websites with prefers-reduced-data”

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Created 5y | Dec 8, 2020, 5:21:25 PM


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