Nolan
"I've never felt less in control of my own hardware" https://kimonote.com/@mildbyte/ive-never-felt-less-in-control-of-my-own-hardware-14804/
Reminds of something I believe Tim Wu said, about how it feels like today's computing devices are "half for us, and half against us."
Sorin Davidoi
@baldur Looks nice, but it's four times larger than Preact :blob_dizzy_face: https://bundlephobia.com/result?p=sweetalert2@7.12.3
Sorin Davidoi
@rowan I don't see it as an alternative to SASS, but to frameworks like React. If I were to write a Mastodon clone today I would do it with Custom Elements + Shadow DOM, mostly for performance and to avoid tying myself to any particular framework.
Sorin Davidoi
@jamey You are referring to Virtual DOM, which is used by libraries like React and Vue.js.
slipstream/RoL⚡
Oh, brilliant.
So Windows 10 now has the ability for any application to get system-unique tracking identifiers that persist across reinstalls by storing them in the TPM or UEFI firmware variables...
Look at these APIs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/Windows.System.Profile.SystemIdentification
To add insult to injury, the APIs lead into clipc!GetOfflineDeviceUniqueID, which calls into a licensing-related service which would be obfuscated by Warbird...
Nolan
Cool, MDN publishes their browser compat data as an npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/mdn-browser-compat-data
There's even a proof-of-concept :firefox: extension showing how you could use it to gauge the cross-browser compatibility of a given page: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/compat-report/
Sorin Davidoi
@softgoat I think you force Firefox to open without decorations by pressing Alt-F3 on the Firefox window, More actions > Special Application Settings > Appearances & Fixes > No titlebar and frame - Apply initially - Yes.
Baldur Bjarnason
"GDPR and Google Analytics" https://adactio.com/journal/13364
Sorin Davidoi
@nightpool The notifications grouping is because we do it manually. We should let Android handle that, but some Android versions don't provide that functionality, so people ended up with tens of notifications :blobpats:
Nolan
Woot, Firefox 58 adds support for PWAs on Android! I can finally get fullscreen Mastodon when adding it to my homescreen :blobaww: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/01/23/latest-firefox-quantum-release-now-available-with-new-features/
Nolan
In short, I wish more people had empathy for open-source maintainers and tried to understand things from their point of view. I wrote this post to try to articulate my own feelings as I began to spiral towards my own burnout: https://nolanlawson.com/2017/03/05/what-it-feels-like-to-be-an-open-source-maintainer/
After I wrote that post, I was contacted by dozens of open-source maintainers who told me I captured exactly how they felt. So hopefully it stands as a good insight for anyone trying to understand the mind of an open-source maintainer.
Baldur Bjarnason
“Just because your site isn't for emerging markets, doesn't excuse you from web performance optimisation”
https://www.twnsnd.com/posts/nothing_excuses_you_from_web_performance_optimisation.html
Baldur Bjarnason
"Case studies and experiments demonstrating the impact of web performance optimization (WPO) on user experience and business metrics"
Nolan
"Legends of the Ancient Web" http://idlewords.com/talks/ancient_web.htm
Another sobering talk from Maciej Ceglowski. He's shaping up to be a good candidate for "conscience of the tech industry."
Sorin Davidoi
@moritzheiber :blobaww: Thanks, will give it a try next time!
Sorin Davidoi
@moritzheiber That's interesting, I've always assumed that it is impossible (or impractical) so I boot into Window to update the BIOS 🤔
Sorin Davidoi
@toilettrouble It's so that Mastodon share buttons work on other websites - but yeah, it should definitely be handled better.
Sorin Davidoi
@baldur I've been blocking 3rd party scripts by default in uBlock Origin for a few months now and I'm amazed by the number of origins most websites connect to - quite common it's over 20. It's clearly out of hand and I don't think it will improve anytime soon.
Baldur Bjarnason
“Third-Party Scripts | CSS-Tricks”
https://css-tricks.com/third-party-scripts/
Sorin Davidoi
@nika The only issue I have (related to Mastodon) is that clicking on notifications doesn't open the app (filled https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411349). Other then that it works great!
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