I've totally forgotten about `env()` and `safe-area-inset-*` which let you keep buttons and content out of the notch and home indicator area. https://polypane.app/blo...

Not one but two articles written by yours truly 😎

The Polypane snippets store is making the rounds! ❤️ It's a great way to find useful snippets for in Polypane, or to copy into your own scripts and CSS for debugging. If you have a cool script or CSS snippet, we'd love your contribution! Credited and linked, of course. github.com/Polypane/sni...

Here's something that _could_ have saved us a lot of time, had we thought of it earlier. 😅 If the page has no valid doctype and is running in quirks mode (which comes with weird rendering and JS handling) Polypane is going to show this badge where normally we show the doctype!

Figured I'd give this a try and see how far I can push the sync engine in @polypane.app by having it run cssDOOM.wtf. The screen dimensions have a slight influence on speed and direction but other than that it just works. 😄 cc @html5test.com

What if there was an animated outline that kept track of the focused element? It looks interesting and it tests well in accessibility tests with real users, and by using anchor positioning, we can keep the entire feature in CSS. I wrote about it here last September: polypane.app/blog/css-onl...

Playing around with the new CSS random() function in Polypane 29. It's super powerful! @alvaromontoro.com already did a nice article about it: alvaromontoro.com/blog/68092/n... but I think I'll make one too just to show off some cool demos like the one below.

Using safe-area-inset to build mobile-safe layouts. The @polypane.app blog covers env(safe-area-inset-*), viewport-fit=cover, calc() for extra spacing, and safe-area-max-inset-* that stays stable when the address bar hides. #css #layout polypane.app/blog/us...

Using “safe-area-inset” to Build Mobile-Safe Layouts, by @polypane.app: https://polypane.app/blog/using-safe-area-inset-to-build-mobile-safe-layouts/ #css #mobile #environments

I’m a fan of @polypane.app! Intend to write up how I use it soon. Lots of built in tools I’ve found helpful like the Outline panel, and I’m slowly but surely putting my frequent bookmarklets in Snippets (which can be CSS or JS). polypane.app/docs/accessi...

Safe-area-inset lets you make the most use of device screens, even with their pesky notches, holes or islands that get in the way. Check out our interactive deep dive to learn how to use safe-area-insets, what to use them for, and the best way to test them on desktop. polypane.app/blog/using-s...

Safe-area-inset lets you make the most use of device screens, even with their pesky notches, holes or islands that get in the way. Check out our interactive deep dive to learn how to use safe-area-insets, what to use them for, and the best way to test them on desktop. polypane.app/blog/using-s...

We categorically deny installing brain implants as means of user research. Glad you like it Matija!

We hear this a lot from people. They hold off, finally try it and then wonder why they didn’t try it much earlier. So let’s try to take away some objections you might have. What’s keeping YOU from trying Polypane?

We hear this a lot from people. They hold off, finally try it and then wonder why they didn’t try it much earlier. So let’s try to take away some objections you might have. What’s keeping YOU from trying Polypane?

checking out the new snippets store from @polypane.app polypane.app/snippets/?au... 🙏🖤

100% these two features are massive improvements to accessibility testing and regular dev work too. We are very lucky to have people like Eric (and Kari, Mike, Ricky, Tom and Przemyslaw just to name a few from the latest release!) sharing their expertise and experience.

Polypane 29 is here! 🥳 It comes with our take on a network panel, our snippet store, a custom selector outline, the best way to test pseudo states ever, passkey support on macOS, WhatsApp previews, grid/flex overlay visualizations and, like, 10 more things. polypane.app/blog/polypan...

Punch through shadow roots by using $$$ instead of $$ in the console, coming to the next update!

Punch through shadow roots by using $$$ instead of $$ in the console, coming to the next update!

It took well over a month to jump all the hoops and get everything aligned to support passkeys on macOS, but the next release integrates directly with your keychain! 🔐 Passkey support through 1password on linux and Windows Security on Windows is already supported in the released version.

Can't stress it enough - @polypane.app is so so good!

It took well over a month to jump all the hoops and get everything aligned to support passkeys on macOS, but the next release integrates directly with your keychain! 🔐 Passkey support through 1password on linux and Windows Security on Windows is already supported in the released version.

According to Microsoft 1 in 25 people have forced colors turned on. Making your site work for them involves just a few, simple tweaks like the one Manuel mentions here. Though of course just toggle "forced-colors" in the Emulation settings in @polypane.app instead of digging around devtools ;)

Many people love the rich features that Polypane's screenshot and recording editor has. You'll be hard-pressed to find a more feature-packed and elegant editor. That's all powered by Pintura by @rikschennink.com. I just happily renewed my license so I can keep getting the updates Rik puts out ❤️

This is exactly why I'd recommend Polypane. Little things like that are what makes it a great tool for development.

Bugs happen when your experience differs from your users. Many servers have default caching rules that devs never realize are there since opening devtools instantly disables them. Yes, forcing you to think about caching is extra friction, and friction is annoying. It also makes your work better.

If your work (incl. PM/PO & UI/UX) has any touchpoints with frontend, and you’re not using @polypane.app - then you’re doing something wrong.

Polypane has pixel perfect social media previews for ten different social media platforms. That's already much more than any other tool out there. But Polypane is the kind of app that goes to 11. 🧑‍🎤 So we're adding WhatsApp in the next release. polypane.app/social-media...

Saw an INTL formatter you like? All the interactive examples auto-generate code that you can copy with a single click and use in your own code.

We make good use of the Intl API in our app and on our website, so it was high time we did a Polypane-style deep-dive on it. Check out our new article, play around with the interactive examples or hear Kilian yap about it on video. Whatever works for you! polypane.app/blog/the-int...

Reworking presentations I give into articles with interactive demos is so much fun. All the hard parts of thinking about what to say, how and in which order is already done, and now I just get to come up with cool little widgets.

We make good use of the Intl API in our app and on our website, so it was high time we did a Polypane-style deep-dive on it. Check out our new article, play around with the interactive examples or hear Kilian yap about it on video. Whatever works for you! polypane.app/blog/the-int...

Tool: HTML Form Checker, by @polypane.app: https://polypane.app/form-inspector/ #tools #exploration #auditing #debugging #html

I sometimes get asked to implement a screen reader emulator into @polypane.app and while that sounds cool, it would cause people to focus on and test the wrong things. Thanks to @yatil.net I now have a good resource to point to when they ask why: yatil.net/blog/screen-...

The specification smells a little funny, but we've already implemented emulation for it.

If you're looking to up your CSS layout game, Ahmad is definitely the person to go to, and the layout maestro looks great. Get it before tomorrow!

If you find yourself needing to pitch Polypane to your colleagues, PM or CTO, we made a handy list of common questions they might have and how to address them! polypane.app/docs/pitchin...

Polypane's elements panel shows editable pseudo styles as well as @starting-style for any element. This is already extremely useful, and it's unique among browser devtools. In the next release, you can toggle their state right from the styles💡 Excellent idea by @yatil.social, can't wait to ship!

I'm already so used to the hold-alt/option-to-inspect tool that I REPEATEDLY try to use it in other browsers despite only having this ability for a few weeks with @polypane.app! 😂🤩

By the way, there are *tons* of other features that Polypane has that devs asked for in other devtools. Here's an article from 2024 listing developer requests that Polypane already provided. Things have only gotten better since then. polypane.app/blog/the-dev...

Polypane is really cool

Finding the containing block is *super easy* in @Polypane.app, which literally just lists it for each element in the Elements panel. Along with the offsetParent and the stacking context parent, two other important concepts that often confuse devs Way too many developers are sleeping on Polypane ;)

One thing that a lot of you have reported feels missing in Polypane peek (our awesome hold-alt/option-to-inspect tool polypane.app/docs/polypan... ) are grid and flexbox layout visualisations. Building it is ...complex, but luckily our own site has plenty of stress tests like the one below!

We just released Polypane 28.0.2 with many bugfixes, big performance improvements throughout the app, 25% smaller installer size, new warnings in the outline and meta panels and a fix for macOS autoupdate. 🥳 Except the fix for macOS autoupdate didn't work. 😬 so we also released 28.0.3 to fix that 😎

We just got recognised as the most innovative web developer browser in the Business Excellence Awards by Acquisition International magazine! 😎

Not enough people know this! Sharing your localhost to a public URL takes just two clicks in @polypane.app. 👨‍🍳💋 for testing on all your real-world devices. Interactions are synced, logging is sent to Polypane. 😍 for letting others see your WIPs. Share your stuff w/o deploying polypane.app/portal/

If you turn on "AI-suggestions" (that are so bad they preemptively warn you it's probably wrong and also maybe don't run it), Google will slop up your console history and let human reviewers see it. Use a browser where the dev can't be bothered to ex-filtrate your data. Try @polypane.app.

Not enough people know this! Sharing your localhost to a public URL takes just two clicks in @polypane.app. 👨‍🍳💋 for testing on all your real-world devices. Interactions are synced, logging is sent to Polypane. 😍 for letting others see your WIPs. Share your stuff w/o deploying polypane.app/portal/