Blog on Sylvain Gamel

Multilingual Decap

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:30:06 +0000

Is it easy to manage a blog with multiple languages?

Apple Messages has a growth crisis

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

You may have used my “My Groups” application to send messages to a group of contacts.

If your groups contain many contacts, you’ve probably noticed that the message editor is suffering from a growth crisis. It doesn’t know how to fit into the screen frame and overflows very easily, to the point of becoming unusable.

AirPods Pro, the worst of the best

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

After three years, what assessment can I make of the 1st generation AirPod Pro?

Is an objective assessment even possible? These three years have been more like a rollercoaster ride than a peaceful honeymoon.

The time has come to tell you about my little consumer woes in the wonderful golden prison of the Apple world.

Text writing direction support in CSS

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The World Wide Web is, by nature, supporting internationalization.

But many contents are centered around western-like languages, often English only. For broader internationalization, you need to handle a wider range of languages, including those that are written from right to left or even in other directions.

This article will show how simple CSS good practice provides, out-of-box, a diverse linguistic support.

Should you disable buttons?

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

It’s a well known HTML good practice to always use the disabled attribute on a button when the action cannot be performed.

Let’s pose this a few seconds and ask ourself if this is really the best way to provide a good experience to your users.

Delegate your contact form

Tue, 16 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Using a static generator to host your website has many advantages.

However, there are some drawbacks and constraints in terms of of interactivity. It is indeed a bit more complicated to build a dynamic interactive site, and you will probably have to ask yourself how to integrate a contact form.

In this article, I’ll quickly show you the solution I have chosen for this site.

UI Tests and Toggle on iOS/iPadOS

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

For some reason, when you write UI tests for a toggle on iOS/iPadOS, you have to fight. Yep, you can tap a toggle, but tapping in the middle is most of the time not helpful. Let see how this can be fixed as Apple doesn’t seems to be want to fix this.

How is this site working?

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

It’s an idea to open a blog, but writing regularly is a challenge. And above all, what subject shall I discuss after a first introductory post? Finally, I thought it might not be a bad idea for you to present how this site is working, and therefore this blog.

Back to Blog

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0100

What if I gave myself a return to the past by reopening a blog?