Video (filmed at An Event Apart) and slides from “Modern Layouts: Getting Out of Our Ruts” by Jen Simmons:
In the early years of the web, there was a lot of variation and experimentation with where to put content on a web page. Then, it seems we all settled into a handful of patterns and stayed there for over a decade. It wasn’t until the arrival of responsive design that new ideas for page layout started appearing. Now with new CSS properties for layout landing in browsers, we may be about to see a bigger renaissance in layout design patterns.
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This talk features practical examples of what’s newly possible, along with access to a code repo for you to play with later.