Web

Everything I’ve written on Web, newest first.

From the archive

Notes from my old blog on mohamedsharaf.net (2010–2018), rewritten and checked. Some are dated; the dates tell you how much.

1. Web · 2 May 2014

   Speeding up your website: Yahoo’s classic rules

   The famous Yahoo performance rules in short, and which of them still matter today.

2. Web · 30 August 2013

   Cut long text with “…” in CSS

   Fit long text into a fixed-width box with an ellipsis, on one line or on several.

3. Web · 3 August 2012

   HTTP request methods in plain words

   GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS and TRACE: what each one is for.

4. Web · 12 February 2012

   Make an iframe as tall as its content

   Resize an iframe to fit what it shows, and why it only works directly on pages from your own site.

5. Web · 1 January 2011

   Adding a favicon to your site

   The small icon in the browser tab: which files you need today and the lines that add them.