Articles Tagged browser

In 2018, Rachel Nabors made the point that browser diversity is similar to biological ecosystem diversity. There are literal advantages to more diversity. That article was before the Edge engines were shut, and now the big shakeups at Mozilla have the topic of browser diversity on people’s minds again.

I really like Dave’s take on the matter. The diversity of browser engines makes web tech slow. Frustratingly slow, to many, but that slowness can bring value.… Read article “What is the Value of Browser Diversity?”

This is exactly what I love to hear from any browser vendor:

When it comes to browser compatibility, there are still too many missing features and edge-case bugs. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Things can and will get better, if browser vendors can understand what is causing the most pain, and take action to address the causes. In Chrome we’re doing our best to listen, and we’re doing our best to address what we’re hearing. We hope

I edit a good amount of technical articles about the web, and there is a tendency for authors to be super broad in their opening sentence, like “What we’re able to do on the web has expanded greatly over the years.”

I tend to remove stuff like that because it usually doesn’t serve the article well, even though I understand the sentiment. It’s so true, browsers are capable of so much. Most of us are probably unaware of a lot … Read article “Things you can do with a browser in 2020”

The word “microbrowser” clearly got my attention. Never heard that before. Colin Bendell defines them as the little parts of other software that do HTTP requests to a URL to generate a preview. Like the little URL preview in iOS messages, WhatsApp, or Slack.

I’m a tiny bit skeptical of the name, because what’s happening is the software making that HTTP request and parsing out a little data to use however it will. I’m not sure I’d call that a … Read article “Microbrowsers are Everywhere”

For the 30th anniversary of the web, CERN brought nine web nerds together to recreate the very first web browser — Or a working replication of it anyway, as you use it from your web browser, inception style.

Well done, Mark Boulton, John Allsopp, Kimberly Blessing, Jeremy Keith, Remy Sharp, Craig Mod, Martin Akolo Chiteri, Angela Ricci, and Brian Suda! I love that it was written in React and the font is an actual replication of what was used … Read article “WorldWideWeb”