This Week in Web Tech #9

Each week we post links about design and web technologies to our Twitter feed. Once a week we roll those links up into a blog post we like to call This Week in Web Tech.

• Make your checkboxes extra fancy with CSS3 button switches
• Facebook's CEO made some controversial statements regarding HTML5-based mobile apps. Here's why HTML5 isn't Facebook's biggest mistake
• Take a look at 7 HTML5 features that you may not know about
• Google has discontinued support for IE8 across all apps. Meanwhile, we've never even been brave enough to look at what Divshot's editor looks like in IE8
• Base: a super simple responsive CSS framework
• An in-depth look at creating CSS3 patterned buttons
• Here are 20 new jQuery plugins worth taking a look at
• 20 not enough for you? How about 40 jQuery plugins you need to check out
• Follow those up with 50 fresh CSS3 and jQuery tutorials
• Learn how to mask HTML elements with gradient-based fadeouts
• A collection of the 8 best resources for interface icons
• Frameless is an interesting take on responsive columns
• A great article that explains border-image in-depth
• Opinion piece about IE's update policy (or lack thereof): Internet Explorer is the Hare, and That's Bad
• We all know what assumptions do, and here are 12 surprising A/B test results to stop you from making them
• A how-to for pure CSS multi-line ellipsis
• Responsive Web Development as a Standard, Step-by-Step
• The Truth About Structuring an HTML5 Page

That's it for this week. Until next time, happy hacking!