AI browsers, still far from making legacy browsers obsolete, are forcing web developers to rethink whether they are designing websites for humans or crawlers
A crop of under-baked new products is splitting the internet into two lanes, forcing website developers to rethink who their pages are for.
After criticism, Apple says iOS 17.4 won't stop supporting Home Screen web apps in the EU and they will still be built on WebKit and its security architecture
https://appleinsider.com/... Bodil / @bodil@social.treehouse.systems : Sad news today that Apple have decided not to shoot themselves in the foot to spite the EU after all. I was quite looking forwar...
Microsoft officially retires Internet Explorer after 27 years, disabling the desktop app and directing users to Edge
Company says decision to disable desktop app comes as web developers less likely to make sites compatible with browser, which first graced computers in 1995
As researchers find more ways to detect browser incognito mode despite Chrome 76 protections against it, NYT's paywall is back up for Chrome Incognito visitors
With the release of Chrome 76, Google attempted to put a stop to web developers and publishers detecting people using Chrome's Incognito Mode.
Google partially rolls back autoplay-blocking update in Chrome 66 after it disabled audio for many web-based games, urges developers to update before October
Google is partially and temporarily rolling back a recent Chrome change that blocked autoplaying audio, after web developers complained …
Web developers and Google's own apps are increasingly diverging from open web ethos by optimizing for Google-developed standards that first ship in Chrome
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Web developers and Google's own apps are increasingly diverging from open web ethos by optimizing for Google-developed standards that first ship in Chrome
Chrome-only sites are a problem — Chrome is now the most popular browser across all devices, thanks to Android's popularity … Tweets: @chartier , @tomstuart , @mattrosoff , @dhh , @vivaldibrowser , ...
Tumblr adds support for Live Photos on the web, open-sources tool for other developers
Tumblr today is bringing Live Photos to the web version of its service, while also rolling out tools that will allow other web developers to do the same. The company has released an open source JavaS...
Roadmap shown in Build presentation reveals Microsoft is building ad blocker into next version of Edge browser
Microsoft plans to build ad blocker into its Microsoft Edge browser — Who needs extensions like AdBlock Plus? In a session for Web developers today, Microsoft revealed …
Microsoft open-sources ChakraCore, a standalone version of the JavaScript engine that powers its Edge browser
ChakraCore is the core part of Chakra … Brad Sams / Petri : The Open Source Community Can Now Help Improve Microsoft Edge Michael Larabel / Phoronix : Microsoft's JavaScript Engine Code Released, Want...