Reading List 284
- Responsive Layouts, Fewer Media Queries
- Accessible Toggles by @MicheBarks
- taba11y – Chromium extension calculates the tab order of all elements and displays it visually
- Consultation on modified commitments in respect of Google’s ‘Privacy Sandbox’ browser changes “CMA is inviting observations and evidence on modified commitments offered by Google in relation to the CMA’s investigation into Google’s proposals to remove third party cookies and other functionalities from its Chrome browser.” Deadline: 5pm, 17 Dec.
- The UI fund – Announcing the UI fund from Chrome, designed to provide grants for people who work on design tools, CSS, and HTML.
- Exploiting CSP in Webkit to Break Authentication & Authorization – “there was a vulnerability that we reported to Safari that Apple didn’t consider severe enough to fix quickly… after waiting for almost a year, we decided to explore the potential of vulnerability by targeting bug bounty programs”. And, of course, because of the Apple browser ban, all iOS browsers were vulnerable/
- Improving The Performance Of Wix Websites (Case Study) – my chum @DanShappir, the Panjandrum of Performance at @WixEng, on improving the speed of millions of sites hosted at Wix.
- Windows 11 blocks Edge browser competitors from opening links
- :has pseudo class prototyping status – your friends a Eeyo (Adblock Plus) are funding your friends at Igalia to implement the long wished-for
:haspseudoclass (aka ‘parent selector’). Implementor Byungwoo Lee discusses problems of it, prototyping progress, current status and steps forward at BlinkOn 15 (captioned YouTube video, 25 mins) - ‘Buy the Constitution’ Aftermath: Everyone Very Mad, Confused, Losing Lots of Money, Fighting, Crying, Etc – “ConstitutionDAO tried to buy the Constitution. Now it has a $40 million mess on its hands and entire refunds are being wiped out by high fees. Once cryptobro is quoted as saying “We have educated an entire cohort of people about the possibilities of web3”. Indeed.
- Thinking of uses for BlockChains – sagacious Uncle Tel does some thoughts
- Why are hyperlinks blue? and should they be underlined still?