February 23rd, 2026 × #CSS#Interop2026#WebPlatform#Browsers
Browsers Are Finally Catching Up (Interop 2026)
Scott and Wes walk through every feature in Interop 2026, from container style queries and anchor positioning to media pseudo classes and WebTransport. Plus a Twitter dim mode rant, color contrast drama, and a Safari shame bucket.
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Scott and Wes unpack Interop 2026 and the browser features finally aligning across engines, from container style queries and anchor positioning to scroll-driven animations and view transitions. They break down what it all means for day-to-day devs and how close we really are to a fully interoperable web.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 00:21 What is Interop?
- 02:44 Container Style Queries.
- 09:32 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
- 09:57 Anchor Positioning.
- 12:01 CSS attr().
- 15:40 CSS Contrast-color.
- 19:10 CSS Zoom.
- 21:36 CSS Custom Highlight API.
- 24:02 Dialogs and Popovers.
- 25:44 Fetch Uploads and Ranges.
- 27:48 IndexedDB.
- 28:25 JSPI for Wasm.
- 29:05 Media Pseudo-Classes.
- 30:00 Navigation API.
- 31:53 Scoped Custom Element Registries.
- 32:40 Scroll-Driven Animations.
- 33:30 Scroll Snap.
- 36:50 CSS Shape().
- 38:25 View Transitions.
- 41:32 Web Compat.
- 42:29 WebRTC Improvements.
- 43:44 WebTransport.
- 45:44 Investigation Efforts.
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