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Matthias Zöchling

@cssence.com

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#CSS enthusiast & #A11Y advocate. Makes websites and design systems. Works for george-labs.com in Vienna, Austria.

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Matthias Zöchling @cssence.com · 04/03/2026

There’s a typo on the body element, namely `bacgkround: gray;`, but the tragedy is real.

The color “gray” in CSS is actually darker than than the color “darkgray”.

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Matthias Zöchling @cssence.com · 24/03/2025

This one slipped under my radar: Providing alt text for pseudo-elements works in all browsers, eventually there’ll be no more need for a fallback: ``` a::after { /* content: "↗"; 👋 */ content: "↗" / " (opens in new tab)"; } ``` Safari caught up in early 2024, and Firefox not long after. #CSS

In July 2024 we first saw green lights across the board on caniuse.com.

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Matthias Zöchling @cssence.com · 30/11/2024

Also, the thumbnail image is not generated by AI (I would never do that). It’s a photo I took twelve years ago in San Francisco. A grafitti artist, unbeknownst to me, sprayed this on a wall. For the thumbnail I drastically reduced the color palette, and then I replaced the remaining colors. #noAI

Abstract art, very colorful. To me it looks like lots of intertwined loops.

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