EXexplorigin·Nov 27, 2015
But there's a shim: https://github.com/anselmh/object-fit
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object-fit
Polyfill (mostly IE) for CSS object-fit property to fill-in/fit-in images into containers.
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What it is
Polyfill (mostly IE) for CSS object-fit property to fill-in/fit-in images into containers.
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Where it is used
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- afarkas/lazysizes · linked in 2 of the same discussions
- scottjehl/picturefill · linked in 2 of the same discussions
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HN mentions by week3 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2015-07-27 10:37:27 UTC to 2015-11-27 22:56:35 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Jul 27 | 2015-07-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-08-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Aug 3 | 2015-08-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-08-10 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 10 | 2015-08-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-08-17 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17 | 2015-08-17 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-08-24 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 24 | 2015-08-24 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-08-31 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 31 | 2015-08-31 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-09-07 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | 2015-09-07 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-09-14 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | 2015-09-14 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-09-21 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | 2015-09-21 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-09-28 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | 2015-09-28 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-10-05 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | 2015-10-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-10-19 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | 2015-10-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-10-26 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | 2015-10-26 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-11-02 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | 2015-11-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-11-16 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | 2015-11-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-11-30 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
3 sourcesAll links in above txt:
1. The repo for the boilerplate is: https://github.com/MozaikAgency/wp-theme-bootstrap
2. The helper mentioned: https://github.com/MozaikAgency/wp-theme-bootstrap/blob/mast...
3. Code demoing how the helper would be used: https://github.com/MozaikAgency/wp-theme-bootstrap/blob/ccdf...
4. Resp images polyfill - PictureFill: https://github.com/scottjehl/picturefill
5. lazy-loading content js lib - lazySizes: https://github.com/aFarkas/lazysizes
6. object-fit polyfill - Object-fit: https://github.com/anselmh/object-fit
7. Vote for object-fit to be included in IE: https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/257854-microsoft-edge-dev...
In WordPress theme boilerplate, now with responsive(+lazy-loading) image helpersWordPress theme boilerplate, now with responsive(+lazy-loading) image helpers
The repo for the boilerplate is: https://github.com/MozaikAgency/wp-theme-bootstrap
The helper mentioned below: https://github.com/MozaikAgency/wp-theme-bootstrap/blob/master/theme/library/class…
Code demoing how the helper would be used: https://github.com/MozaikAgency/wp-theme-bootstrap/blob/ccdfb983676a94b5ff74e9ad43…
Apart from the core feature of the theme starter, which is the robust build process, the theme boilerplate also comes with a small but growing library of helper classes for developing modern themes with WordPress.
The latest addition to this library is a small responsive images/background-images class which leverages the responsive images spec (polyfilled via picturefill (https://github.com/scottjehl/picturefill)) and the WordPress custom media sizes to make it a little easier to implemen
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t responsive images in your WordPress theme. The helper also supports aFarkas' lazySizes javascript library (https://github.com/aFarkas/lazysizes) to optionally lazy-load specific images. Finally the default configuration of the theme boilerplate also includes anselmh's object-fit polyfill (https://github.com/anselmh/object-fit) to allow you to use the object-fit css properties on your images. (btw please vote for this feature to be included in IE Edge!: https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/257854-microsoft-edge-developer/suggestions/626…)
That's all. We use this boilerplate at work everyday on new projects. Hope you find it useful/interesting!