Preloading Pages Just Before They are Needed
September 27th, 2019
The typical journey for a person browsing a website: view a page, click a link, browser loads a new page. That’s assuming no funny business like a Single Page App, which still follows that journey, but the browser doesn’t load a new page — the client fakes it for the sake of a snappier transition….
What happens when you open a new install of browsers for the 1st time?
September 27th, 2019
Interesting research from Jonathan Sampson, where he watches the network requests a browser makes the very first time you launch it on a fresh install, and otherwise do nothing. This gives you a little insight into what kind of information that browser wants to collect and disseminate. This was all shared as tweets, but I’m…
Weekly Platform News: Layout Shifts, Stalled High-Bitrate Videos, Screenshots in Firefox
September 26th, 2019
In this week’s roundup: fighting shifty layouts, some videos might be a bit stalled, and a new way to take screenshots in Firefox. Let’s get into the news! Identifying the causes of layout shifts during page load You can now use WebPageTest to capture any layout shifts that occur on your website during page load,…
Browser Engine Diversity
September 24th, 2019
We lost Opera when they went to Chrome in 2013. Same deal with Edge when it also went Chrome earlier this year. Mike Taylor called these changes a “Decreasingly Diverse Browser Engine World” in a talk I’d like to see. So all we’ve got left is Chrome-stuff, Firefox-stuff, and Safari-stuff. Chrome and Safari share the…
Chrome 78 Beta: a new Houdini API, native file system access and more
September 20th, 2019
Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to the newest Chrome Beta channel release for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. Find more information about the features listed here through the provided links or from the list on ChromeStatus.com. Chrome 78 is beta as of September 19, 2019. CSS Properties and Values CSS variables…
Experimenting with same-provider DNS-over-HTTPS upgrade
September 10th, 2019
As part of our long-standing commitment to making the web safer to use, we will be conducting an experiment to validate our implementation of DNS-over-HTTPS (aka DoH) in Chrome 78. As the name implies, the idea is to bring the key security and privacy benefits of HTTPS to DNS, which is how your browser is…
Firefox blocks third-party tracking cookies and cryptominers
September 4th, 2019
This is super interesting stuff from Mozilla: the most recent update of Firefox will now block cryptominers and third-party tracking scripts by default. In the press release they write: For today’s release, Enhanced Tracking Protection will automatically be turned on by default for all users worldwide as part of the ‘Standard’ setting in the Firefox…
Potential uses for the Privacy Sandbox
August 22nd, 2019
Today on The Keyword, we outlined our vision for an initiative aimed at evolving the web with architecture that advances privacy, while continuing to support a free and open ecosystem. In order to work toward that vision, we have begun publishing a series of explainers that are intended to be shared and iterated on across…
Chrome Dev Summit is now open for registration!
August 20th, 2019
We’re excited to announce that registration for the seventh Chrome Dev Summit is now open and you can request your invite here today! During the Summit, we will share our vision for and updates on our work towards moving the web platform forward and of course, have a bit of fun. ‘Cuz what’s Chrome Dev…
Chrome 77 Beta: New performance metrics, new form capabilities, capabilities in origin trials and more
August 9th, 2019
Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to the newest Chrome beta channel release for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. Learn more about the features listed here through the provided links or from the list on ChromeStatus.com. Chrome 77 is beta as of August 8, 2019. New Performance Metrics Largest Contentful Paint It…