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Canistilluse.com
There’s something beautiful about the website caniuse.com which I never fully appreciated until last week when news spread that alert , prompt , and confirm…
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 573 posts.
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GitHub blocks FLoC across all of GitHub Pages
All GitHub Pages sites served from the github.io domain will now have a Permissions-Policy: interest-cohort=() header set. Pages sites using a custom domain will not be impacted. Learn more about…
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DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome
Google has created a new tracking mechanism called FLoC, put it in Chrome, and automatically turned it on for millions of users. It's bad for privacy, which is why we're now blocking it in the DuckDuckGo extension.
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We analyzed 425k favicons
The humble favicon was messily birthed with the pernicious IE5 release. Since that fateful day, browsers have slowly expanded favicon technology to encompass many wildly differing and lightly documented use cases. Here in 2021 favicons are found primarily in browser tabs, home screens, and Google search results, but…
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Just because I have a vertical screen doesn’t mean I’m on a phone
I'm a weirdo - I fully admit that. As part of my home working set up, I use a vertical monitor. I read and write a lot of long documents - and this form factor suits me perfectly. I've been doing this for a long time. It is a natural part of my workflow. For anything longer than an email, it's the perfect orientation…
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Building a personal website in 2021
This post sparked quite a discussion on hackernews. You can read all the interesting comments in this thread. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
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Bring Your Own Client
Just a little note about the main problem I'm pondering these days...
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Issues with Cloudflare Images
Status: 5/9 fixed I’m a huge fan of the various Cloudflare offerings, and have been impressed time after time with the innovations and solutions offered by CF. This writeup therefore pains me, as I usually don’t have anything negative to say about CF, but after some months in production, and a severe lack of any…
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Substack's UI and 1Password temporarily cost me $2k
An event-tech partner for ambitious experiential teams.
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Self-Hosting Dozens of Web Applications and Services on a Single Server
Over the years, I've accumulated quite a collection of websites, web applications, APIs, and other services that I've built and continue to host publicly. I've experimented with a lot of different hosting methods for them, switched between several different providers, and have finally arrived at something that I feel…
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A new way to make maps with OpenStreetMap
If you develop for the web, you’ve probably heard of OpenStreetMap, an open data alternative to Google Maps. Despite the wide name recognition of OSM, you may have questions like how do I make a web map with OSM data? and how can I host maps myself? There are popular guides on how to work with planet files, PostGIS…
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QUIC and HTTP/3 Support Now in Firefox Nightly and Beta
Support for QUIC and HTTP/3 is now enabled by default in Firefox Nightly and Firefox Beta. HTTP/3 will be available by the end of May.
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State of the Windows: How many layers of UI inconsistencies are in Windows 10?
We’ve all heard this riddle: if you dig down deep enough in Windows 10, you’ll find elements that date from Windows 3.x days. But is it actually true? In this article we’ll discov…
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URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies
This Christmas, a family member sent me a URL to a family Zoom call. However, they didn’t send me a direct link to Zoom. Instead, they sent me a
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The Perils of an .xyz Domain
Create your virtual HQ in seconds with a free trial of Spot.
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Content-aware image resizing in JavaScript
JavaScript implementation of so-called Seam Carving algorithm for the content-aware image resizing and objects removal. Dynamic programming approach is applied to optimize the resizing time.
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Firefox 85
We'd like to extend a special thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to this release of Firefox.
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Firefox Release 89.0
Say hello to a fresh new Firefox, designed to get you where you want to go even faster. We’ve redesigned and modernized the core experience to be cleaner, more inviting, and easier to use.
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Django 4.0
Posted by Mariusz Felisiak on Dec. 7, 2021
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Site Isolation in Firefox
With Site Isolation enabled on Firefox for Desktop, Mozilla takes its security guarantees to the next level.
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Vivaldi 4.0
Translate websites on desktop or Android privately with Vivaldi 4.0! Our latest update also adds beta versions of Mail, Calendar, and Feed Reader.
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Vulnerability allows cross-browser tracking in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Tor
Unveiling a scheme flooding vulnerability across major browsers. Learn how it threatens anonymous browsing.
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Nobody designs for small iPhone devices anymore
Nobody designs for small iPhone devices anymore. Why do I say this? Well, if you've been rocking the iPhone SE 2020 you would know. What I'm saying is there a lot of UI glitches from apps running on iPhone SE. Clubhouse Forgot to measure the screen's width? Spotify I can't see the Refresh button. I…
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It looks like a product but is secretly a subscription
The mental minefield of capex and opex