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@dotproto.com
Lover of the open web, keyboards, browser extensions, ceramics, and video games. Currently: incremental.software, co-chair of the W3C WebExtensions Community Group Previously: Mozilla Add-Ons, Chrome Extensions, video game industry
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Great seeing responsively sized iframes landing in Chrome - developer.chrome.com/blog/respons... In my post "The browser is the sandbox", I said: "We need a way to size the outer-iframe (or iframes in general) that doesn’t rely on access to iframe.[...].innerHeight and sandbox='allow-same-origin'"
@pfrazee.com I'm only just getting into The Discourse, so sorry if this is naive, but I'm not familiar with "open society" as used here. How, if at all, would an open society approach access restrictions? ATM I'm thinking everything from driver's licenses & job certifications to nuclear arms control
That is EXACTLY the situation. You either trust an open society to maintain itself, or you reject an open society. Maybe we should back up here. What is the natural state of a human
Very disappointed to learn that the creator of the Ladybird browser project took the very political position of responding to a PR suggesting the use of gender neutral language with "This project is not an appropriate arena to advertise your personal politics." kvibber.com/reviews/soft...
I love the idea of a completely modular camera, but can’t afford to back it myself at the moment (Digital Camera World)
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Two a11y engineering roles (one of them early career!) at Apple in London in the team my daughter manages. These sound like excellent roles to share with UK a11y folks. jobs.apple.com/en-gb/detail... jobs.apple.com/en-gb/detail...
Just saw a post announcing Dungeons & Dragons: Long Rest Tavern and I'm a bit surprised by how much it reminds me of Tavern Keeper store.steampowered.com/app/436780/T...
The benefits of suboptimality: https://dotproto.com/2026/08/14/the-benefits-of-suboptimality.html The search for a retro digital camera elicits a reflection on analog photography and how friction can kindle intentionality.
Intellectually I know a million dollars is a lot of money, but also it feels like a drop in the bucket compared to what could be done www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
Tim Epic: ...and if you want to [list a game built with AI] on Steam, then you have to get this Scarlet Letter of AI attached to your product... www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus... If using a tool to build your game sinks its viability in the market, maybe don't use that tool?
And I want Mark to renounce his work at Meta and spend the rest of his life focusing on how to improve the lives of those who can't afford basic food and housing, but we don't all get what we want techcrunch.com/2026/06/23/m...
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The Chrome DevTools team are doing a "papercuts" sprint where they try to address lots of small, irritating bugs and annoyances. Reply with crbug.com links (no bug, no fix—that's the deal!) and will see what we can do. No promises though as some may be features/too big/unclear how to solve.
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I’m seizing this moment, as I’ve already sent a selection of 10 bugs to our DevTools team for them to look at 😁 Which papercut bugs would you like to see solved? Send me your crbugs and I’ll forward them. No crbug to point to? No worries: you can always file new ones at crbug.com/new 😉
The Chrome DevTools team are doing a "papercuts" sprint where they try to address lots of small, irritating bugs and annoyances. Reply with crbug.com links (no bug, no fix—that's the deal!) and will see what we can do. No promises though as some may be features/too big/unclear how to solve.
Oh, very cool! Chrome Web Store just added an automated check at upload time to help catch file name casing collision issues. Thanks, @oliverdunk.com! groups.google.com/a/chromium.o...
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Was it all a bit of a faff to integrate? Yes. Did I get rate limited multiple times? Absolutely. But do I think it’s worth doing? I think this is going to do *wonders* for website discovery, so without a doubt. bell.bz/i-did-the-st...
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Here's the recording of this year's “What's new in Web UI” talk @una.im and I gave at Google I/O earlier this week. youtu.be/uT7MVcCQ4rw Very happy with how it went, and I think you might find it useful, so give it a watch 😊 #ChromeDevRel #GoogleIO
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There's been a quiet discourse among creators about this for quite some time, but it's no longer that quiet. I hate what AI is doing to the internet. Yes, it has its upsides. But the downsides outweigh those IMO. I have my own thoughts and feelings about the state of things that are still brewing.😞
Heartbreaking. And a wake-up call. It is no longer about being difficult to find a way to sustain yourself through your work online. It is no longer sustainable to keep a website up now. Axel has done so much for the web and all of us. Buy one of his books if you can. We've learned so much from him.
@joshwcomeau.com I'm curious how you go about designing your courses. Did you study education or instructional design? Do you have any resources you'd recommend for others looking to build courses or other educational resources that work for students?
Rephrasing an idea from this post: AI automation isn't like industrialization. Improper use of industrial tools can severely harm workers. Improper use of vibe coding puts the end user at risk
More and more people I deeply respect and have learned a lot from over the years feel like they are speaking into a void, to the point where they are losing motivation to continue making content, which got me to write my first post on my site in over a year... www.kevinpowell.co/article/tell...
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I've been going through the same thing for more than a year. At first I thought I was alone, until more and more people started opening up and speaking out. That's why I'm grateful for Kevin and others. Like Kevin said, do support the educators you value—send them a Thank You, buy their courses 1/2
More and more people I deeply respect and have learned a lot from over the years feel like they are speaking into a void, to the point where they are losing motivation to continue making content, which got me to write my first post on my site in over a year... www.kevinpowell.co/article/tell...
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I'm honored to share that the Practical Accessibility course has become a required component of *more* in-house #accessibility training programs for companies and startups worldwide! Thank you @tink.uk @tetralogical.com 🥳💃🙌🏻
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Did you know that airplanes are actually TOO close to the cloud to get good WiFi? Its true! We all know the internet is bits of data. But where do the bits come from? Turns out The Cloud spontaneously emits quantum wave packets that coalesce into WiFi radio waves after traveling at least 93 meters!
Explain to me why airplane wifi is slower despite being closer to the cloud