---
title: "January 2017"
url: https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/01/
description: "Entries published on The Modern Web in January 2017."
---

# January 2017

Every entry filed under the January 2017 dateline, newest first.

## [January 2017](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/01/)

### [My favourite online web design and development resources](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/01/online-web-design-development-resources/)

A useful bookmark list splits into three parts: places to solve a specific technical problem, places to check how something is supposed to behave, and places to look when the work needs fresh air. Mixing them into one list is why most bookmark folders go unused.

Filed under: [Resources](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/resources/), [Web Design](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-design/), [Web Development](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-development/) · [Permalink](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/01/online-web-design-development-resources/)

### [Google Chrome 56 arrives with a warning to non-secure HTTP web pages](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/01/google-chrome-56-arrives-warning-non-secure-http-web-pages/)

The release began marking HTTP pages that collect passwords or card details as not secure, directly in the address bar. Previously the absence of encryption was communicated by the absence of a padlock, which almost nobody notices.

Filed under: [Security](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/security/), [SEO](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/seo/), [Web Development](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-development/) · [Permalink](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/01/google-chrome-56-arrives-warning-non-secure-http-web-pages/)

### [The end of the clearfix hack. Could it be?](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/01/clearfix-hack/)

For years, layout was built with floats, and a container holding only floated children collapsed to no height at all. The clearfix was the workaround: a generated pseudo-element that cleared the floats and forced the parent to contain them.

Filed under: [CSS](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-development/css/), [Web Development](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-development/) · [Permalink](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/01/clearfix-hack/)