CodePen

CSS Grid Lanes (formerly masonry) is coming to browsers with a new display property. New CSS features include text-grow and text-shrink for automatic text sizing, and scroll-triggered animations that complement existing scroll-driven animations. Customizable select elements are gaining traction with advanced styling and interactivity options now available in browsers.

Chris’ Corner: Freshly-Fallen CSS

Frontend Masters

JavaScript has numerous engines beyond the well-known ones. Major browsers use engines like V8 (Chrome) and JavaScriptCore (Safari), while lightweight alternatives like QuickJS exist for embedding JavaScript in applications. A comprehensive list of these engines is available at zoo.js.org.

JavaScript Engines Zoo – Frontend Masters Blog

A web browser developed by Apple known for its speed, efficiency, and focus on privacy and security. Readers can explore Safari features, performance optimizations, and web development considerations. This includes understanding Safari's rendering engine, JavaScript engine, and privacy features, optimizing websites and web applications for Safari compatibility and performance, and leveraging Safari's developer tools for debugging, profiling, and optimizing web content.

Best of Safari — January 2026