Rachel Andrew

Content Lead for Chrome DevRel at Google. CSS Working Group member. Posting work-related stuff here, find me elsewhere for cats, running, and other stuff.

[Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew]

Technical talks from #GoogleIO have dropped. Here's my talk on how we are making it easier to build for the web. https://t.co/Kyc2aehLzd

[Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew]

Some personal, rather than Chrome team, thoughts on why I think defining masonry as part of CSS grid would be a mistake. It's about teaching and good defaults. https://t.co/sfQkIQKIyC

[Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew]

This post explains the differences between creating a masonry layout with display: masonry and with display: grid. Take a look, and if you have an opinion one way or the other, let us know! #CSS
https://t.co/VT20VUS80P

[Dominic Farolino @domfarolino]

We were going to give EventTarget an `on()` method that returns an Observable for events — e.g., button.on('click'). But for compatibility reasons, we need a different method name!

Which do you prefer? Some top contenders below.

See https://t.co/kjPABJuDCc for more.

[CSS Day conference @CSSDayConf]

This #CSSDay talk by @rachelandrew is up now: https://t.co/zE7R4P2Pzd

Slides: https://t.co/lj6g57NGOt

[Addy Osmani @addyosmani]

📣 That's it for Google I/O! Recordings & lots of bonus talks are now available to watch online.

Roads? Where the web's going we don't need roads 🔥

[Maximiliano Firtman @firt]

Here @rachelandrew presenting the Web Platform Dashboard and its features, such as getting real user metrics about how many users can take advantage of a Web feature. #googleio

[Igalia @igalia]

🎙️ New Episode of Igalia Chats: Stone Cold CSS Masonry

@briankardell and @meyerweb talk with Google's @rachelandrew about the CSS Grid Level 3 feature we've all been debating, often called Masonry

https://t.co/Mi0p2tjC3F

[Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew]

I recorded a podcast interview for The Work Item, a podcast about career journeys. The conversation went everywhere: covering my unlikely journey into tech, not having a tech degree, the importance of writing and good docs, and much more. https://t.co/CjeXoekSGr

[Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew]

There's been a lot of discussion about masonry in CSS recently and whether it lives in the grid spec. This post explains a different approach, that still enables the track sizing and other features from grid. https://t.co/LrEADLjllH

[Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew]

align-content for block and table layout is in Chrome 123 (beta). If you've used align-content outside of flex and grid, as it didn't do anything due to lack of implementations, check your site for strange alignment. https://t.co/G34ta6Y2JQ #css

[Parisa Tabriz @laparisa]

Strong agree with @mozilla. @Apple isn’t serious about supporting web browser or engine choice on iOS. Their strategy is overly restrictive, and won’t meaningfully lead to real choice for browser developers.

[Chrome for Developers @ChromiumDev]

We're looking for web developers to participate in user research, product testing, discussion groups, and more. → https://t.co/37gsRd0dm0

Apply now to join our WebDev Insights Community.

[sam "zero​width​space" thor @samthor]

I've been working with Google to write an in-depth course on testing for the web. Today, the first ⅓ or so is available, with more sections coming soon—
https://t.co/vboqgac5Zb

[Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew]

@SaraSoueidan @argyleink Seems ok to me: https://t.co/78N3beav1U

[Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew]

New to the web platform in January, my monthly roundup of new things landing in stable and beta browsers. https://t.co/g4ZAPoBYiS

[Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew]

Subgrid! And I think the possibilities for layout that we get with container queries + :has() + subgrid are incredibly exciting.

[André Bandarra @andreban]

So many nice features landed in Baseline in 2023! It's hard to choose, but I think my preferred one is Offscreen Canvas. What's yours? #Baseline #Compatibility

[Chrome for Developers @ChromiumDev]

🚀Baseline has launched on https://t.co/mGuHzaYF5A! 🎉 You can now tell quickly whether a Web platform feature is Baseline 2023, “newly available”, or “widely available”. Learn more about the launch and Baseline 2023 features at https://t.co/aDzzSFC2wX #Baseline #Compatibility

[revo.js conference @revojsro]

Let's end the week with another recorded presentation from revo.js 2023: @rachelandrew - New CSS Features You Can Use Today.

All presentations from our latest edition are available online thanks to SmileCloud, our Recording Partner.

https://t.co/tl5zthAets

[Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew]

@kosamari Congratulations!

[Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew]

@HeathrowAirport This wasn't boarding, this was ground staff. We were deplaned into a completely locked corridor and trapped there until we flagged down some people working in an adjacent corridor and they let us out.

[Rachel Andrew @rachelandrew]

@HeathrowAirport you've got people stuck in a corridor at terminal 3 who are going to miss flights because someone failed to open a door. Pax from BA885.