Frontend Links January 2026

JavaScript

• picknplace.js A proof of concept of a viable drag and drop alternative
• relative-time-element Web component extensions to the standard <time> element.
• css-color-component a modern color picker for the web with support for all spaces.
• floating-ui A JavaScript library to position floating elements and create interactions for them.
• media-chrome Custom elements (web components) for making audio and video player controls that look great in your website or app.

Tools

• Regex Vis Regex visualizer & editor, make the regular expression easier.
• Iconify Design All popular icon sets, one framework. All popular icon sets, one framework.
• city-roads Visualization of all roads within any city.

Articles

• 25 years of Wikipedia From dial-up days to now, travel through Wikipedia's history. Today, Wikipedia is the backbone of knowledge on the internet—but everything has to start somewhere. For Wikipedia, that was a blank website and a dream.
• Web Almanac 2025 HTTP Archive’s annual state of the web report
• 20 Best Data Visualization Libraries for Web in 2025 How to pick between lightweight and powerful libraries without analysis paralysis. Which library handles your data size (hint: not all of them). Real performance benchmarks that matter.
• How to Favicon in 2026 Three files that fit most needs. It’s time to rethink how we cook a set of favicons for modern browsers and stop the icon generator madness. Frontend developers currently have to deal with 20+ static PNG files just to display a tiny website logo in a browser tab or on a touchscreen. Read on to see how to take a smarter approach and adopt a minimal set of icons that fits most modern needs.
• How to detect Safari and iOS versions with ease in 2026

Video

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