Tag: Browsers
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Why the Gov.UK Design System team changed the input type for numbers — Hanna Laakso — Technology in government
The Gov.UK Design System team have discovered that using the HTML element <input type=”number”> creates some surprising problems in certain environments. Some of the limitations in assistive technologies such as Dragon Naturally Speaking are disappointing but unsurprising. But Chrome deciding to convert large numbers to exponential notation is rather more eyebrow-raising. Then there is Safari […]
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Opera: Phantom of the Turnaround — Hindenburg Research
If you still have the Opera web browser installed anywhere, now might be the time to stop. With its browser business in decline, cash flow deteriorating (and balance sheet cash finding its way into management’s hands…), Opera has decided to embark on a dramatic business pivot: predatory short-term lending in Africa and Asia. The article […]
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Stylish browser extension steals all your internet history
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Stylish browser extension steals all your internet history If you use the Stylish browser extension, you ought to have a read of this. It might make you want to uninstall it immediately, as I did. It appears that last year Stylish began collecting users’ data, including their full browser history, and even the contents of […]
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Hand-coded digital artwork “Francine” is skewing your online reality
Hand-coded digital artwork “Francine” is skewing your online reality I never used to see the point in stunts like “I created Bart Simpson in pure HTML and CSS, look at me!” But I have to admit that the work of Diana Smith is seriously cool. It is all the more awesome when you consider how […]
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Why we need to bring back the vision of the read-write web
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Fundamental ideas about how the web should work have been lost. But we need to bring these back if the web is to fulfil its potential.
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Mosaic’s birthday: 25 years of the modern web
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Mosaic’s birthday: 25 years of the modern web It feels like the world wide web has had more 25th birthdays than I’ve had hot dinners. This article marks the 25th anniversary of the Mosaic web browser. You may not have heard for it, and I certainly never used it — it was before my time. […]
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Internet Explorer: time for Microsoft to start afresh?
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Happy birthday Internet Explorer, which has turned 18. But there is not much to celebrate. What can Microsoft do to stem the browser’s decline?
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HTML5 and web fonts
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This series of posts will cover some of the decisions I have made while designing this website. This first article looks at the issues surrounding HTML5 and web fonts.