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# Talking Drupal #351 - Core Theming $h!t
Today we are talking about Core Theming with Cristina Chumillas.

[www.talkingDrupal.com/351](https://www.talkingDrupal.com/351)

## Topics
* What's newe in core themeing?
* Why is Claro in core important?
* Why is Olivero in core important?
* Why was it so long between new themes?
* Continuous improvement?
* What is the biggest improvement?
* What happens to old themes?
* Accessibility
* CSS
    * Build tools
* Drupal 10
    * IE
    * UC
* Compound elements
* Getting involved

## Resources
* [Load assets from template issue](https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3050386 )
* [Mike’s presentation on Olivero’s menu](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn-JN2bcw1s)
* [Future of CSS in Drupal](https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3254529)
* Meeting times
    * #frontend channel in Drupal slack
    * 11am ET / 3pm GMT


## Guests


## Hosts
Nic Laflin - [www.nLighteneddevelopment.com](https://www.nLighteneddevelopment.com) [@nicxvan](https://twitter.com/nicxvan)
John Picozzi - [www.epam.com](https://www.epam.com) [@johnpicozzi](https://twitter.com/johnpicozzi)
Mike Herchel - [herchel.com](https://herchel.com/) - [@mikeherchel](https://twitter.com/mikeherchel)

## MOTW
[Quicklink](https://www.drupal.org/project/quicklink)
This module provides an implementation of Google Chrome Lab's Quicklink library for Drupal. Quicklink is a lightweight (< 1kb compressed) JavaScript library that enables faster subsequent page-loads by prefetching in-viewport links during idle time.