A standard copy-and-paste YouTube embed lands on your page as an which loads a big ol’ pile of other stuff to play that video. But the UX of it is still essentially an image and a play button. Click the play button and the video plays. You can build essentially the same thing with an anchor link wrapping an image! Not long ago, we covered a very clever “lazy load” technique doing exactly this from Arthur Corenzan that was further improved by Remy Sharp and Adrian Roselli. Paul Irish has tackled it as well with a web component: Provide videos with a supercharged focus on visual performance. This custom element renders just like the real thing but approximately 224X faster. In the source code, Paul dug up some other prior attempts as well, like this jQuery plugin and a more generic script for lazy loading any iframe. Direct Link ? Categories: Latest technologies, software applications, UI / UX layout, UncategorizedBy adminAugust 25, 2020Tags: DesignMarketing and SEOMobile appsQualitySeoSoftwareSofware applicationsTechnologyWeb applications development Web applicationsWebsite creation Share this post Share on FacebookShare on Facebook TweetShare on Twitter Pin itShare on Pinterest Share on WhatsAppShare on WhatsApp Share on LinkedInShare on LinkedIn Author: admin http://skynetch.com Post navigationRelated PostsMaterial Theming: Making Material Your Own!August 25, 2020The Power of Serverless v2.0! (Now an Open-Source Gatsby Site Hosted on Netlify)August 25, 2020A Better Approach for Using Purgecss with TailwindAugust 25, 2020A Conspiracy to Kill IE6August 25, 2020Using Parcel as a Bundler for React ApplicationsAugust 25, 2020The Power of Named Transitions in VueAugust 25, 2020