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tomhanlonon Show HN: Modern Font Stacks – New system font stack CSS for modern OSs

Instead of loading a font from Google Fonts you would just use the font-family property for the given typeface:

  font-family: Charter, 'Bitstream Charter', 'Sitka Text', Cambria, serif;

for instance.

tomhanlonon A New Take on the Fortune 500 – Ranking Companies by Page Speed

Totally agree! Really hoping to see a push for performance closer to the Google SERP Page Rank algorithm change going live.

tomhanlonon How to use the next-gen open-sourced .Avif image format, 50% smaller than JPEG

Slated for release in Firefox 80 in less than three weeks (8/25)

tomhanlonon How to use the next-gen open-sourced .Avif image format, 50% smaller than JPEG

Not sure on the compression/decompression speeds.

There is a polyfill for old browsers but our recommendation would be to use the graceful degradation of the <picture> tag which falls back to <img> if .avif or .webp is not supported.

tomhanlonon How to use the next-gen open-sourced .Avif image format, 50% smaller than JPEG

The format was co-developed by some big tech players: Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Mozilla

Further reading: https://www.cnet.com/news/google-mozilla-av1-photo-format-co...

tomhanlonon How to use the next-gen open-sourced .Avif image format, 50% smaller than JPEG

FLIF seems to compress higher but to my knowledge there is no major browser support. AVIF support is scheduled for Firefox 80 and Chrome 85 by the end of this month (August 25).

tomhanlonon How to use the next-gen open-sourced .Avif image format, 50% smaller than JPEG

The .avif file in the example was accidentally saved as larger than the JPEG file which makes it a poor use case. We compressed the .avif file with the correct compression quantizer with avifenc to higlight the difference.

The JPEG file is 112kb and the .avif file is now 55kb.

tomhanlonon How to use the next-gen open-sourced .Avif image format, 50% smaller than JPEG

Good catch! We were moving quickly trying to get this blog post out before the standard was implemented. We've updated this and it's now a smaller file size.

tomhanlonon How to use the next-gen open-sourced .Avif image format, 50% smaller than JPEG

We're really excited about this image format -- for the same image quality .AVIF compresses 50% smaller than JPEG, 20% smaller than WebP and is free to use.

tomhanlonon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)

Clearhead | Austin, TX & Cincinnati, OH | Full-Time | On-Site

We help daring brands optimize their business outcomes through continuous testing & personalization. Every idea, every product, every experience — driven by data. Imagine that. That’s Clearhead.

Headquartered in Austin, TX, Clearhead was founded in 2012 by former ecommerce executives obsessed with the intersection of design, analytics and product innovation. Today, we provide user experience design, product development, analytics and strategic consulting solutions grounded in pioneering testing and personalization expertise. Our diverse roster of clients includes Adidas, CVS, Express, Patagonia, Tesco, Tory Burch, Ulta, Vitamix and Whole Foods.

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