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Brave acquires search engine in bid to offer alternative to Google Search
3.3.2021
Privacy-focused browser Brave has acquired open search engine Tailcat to introduce its own alternative to Google Search later this year
Fight Sans Undertale Right In Your Browser
27.2.2021
Sans is unique in that he’s the most popular character in Undertale while also providing one of the most frustrating boss fights the game has to offer.Read more
Simplex and Skrill Broaden Cryptocurrency Convenience by Launching New Onramp Solutions
26.2.2021
As enthusiasm for cryptocurrency mounts amid strong demand from retail and institutional investors, financial service providers Simplex and Skrill are building more inroads into the ecosystem, focusing on improving transactability and convenience. The digital payment services continue to expand...
Ensuring the correct vertical position of large text
26.2.2021
Tobi Reif notes how the position of custom fonts set at very large font sizes can be super different, even in the same browser across operating systems. The solution? Well, you know how there are certain CSS properties that only …
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Crypto on-ramp hits Opera browser following Simplex integration
24.2.2021
Integration with payment processor Simplex means Opera browser users now have another route from fiat into crypto
Brave unveils plans for DEX aggregator and NFT wallet in next browser
24.2.2021
Crypto-native web browser Brave has unveiled plans for a new wallet boasting an integrated DEX aggregator and NFT functionality
Let’s Create a Custom Audio Player
18.2.2021
HTML has a built-in native audio player interface that we get simply using the <audio> element. Point it to a sound file and that’s all there is to it. We even get to specify multiple files for better browser support, …
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Thank God, Blaseball Returns On March 1
16.2.2021
The cultural event of Blaseball returns on March 1, developer The Game Band announced today.Read more
How to Get Rid of Reddit's Persistent Mobile Popup
10.2.2021
You would think, given its recent $6 billion valuation, Reddit would have the confidence to get rid of the pop-up the site serves up whenever you try to visit anything on its domain in your mobile browser (when you’re not logged in), begging you to use the app instead. Alas.Read more
Weekly Platform News: The :not() pseudo-class, Video Media Queries, clip-path: path() Support
5.2.2021
Hey, we’re back with weekly updates about the browser landscape from Šime Vidas.
In this week’s update, the CSS :not pseudo class can accept complex selectors, how to disable smooth scrolling when using “Find on page…” in Chrome, Safari’s …
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Brave browser active user base doubled in 2020, hits 25M per month
2.2.2021
The privacy-centric browser allows users to "opt out of the surveillance economy," said Brave CEO Brendan Eich
Brave private browser integrates IPFS support to desktop version
20.1.2021
Brave Browser has integrated IPFS into its desktop web browser for Windows, macOS and Linux
Brave Becomes First Browser to Offer Native IPFS Integration
19.1.2021
IPFS integration gives Brave users easier access to the protocol while improving the overall resilience of the internet
YouTube star Mr Beast, with 50M subscribers, becomes a verified Brave browser publisher
7.1.2021
Mr Beast, joins almost 1 million other verified Brave publishers, potentially exposing some of his subscribers to Brave browser and its native BAT token
3 Steps to Enable Client Hints on Your Image CDN
31.12.2020
The goal of Client Hints is to provide a framework for a browser when informing the server about the context in which a web experience is provided.
HTTP Client Hints are a proposed set of HTTP Header Fields for proactive
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CSS Individual Transform Properties in Safari Technology Preview
30.12.2020
The WebKit blog details how to use individual CSS Transform properties in the latest version of Safari Technology Preview. This brings the browser in line with the CSS Transforms Module Level 2 spec, which breaks out the translate(), …
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Open a Browser Tab with DevTools Open by Default
28.12.2020
Using command line flags is a great way to subtly improve productivity. Whether saving yourself keystrokes or enabling specific features, it’s very much worth knowing the application flags available to you. To launch a new tab with DevTools in Chrome, you can use...
Responsible, Conditional Loading
25.12.2020
Over on the Polyplane blog (there’s no byline but presumably it’s Kilian Valkhof), there is a great article, Creating websites with prefers-reduced-data, about the prefers-reduced-data media query. No browser support yet, but eventually you can use it in CSS to make choices that reduce...
Brave Browser Chief Courts Social Media Rage with COVID-19 Comments
23.12.2020
Brendan Eich. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/ Ensaladilla
The mastermind of the crypto-friendly Brave Browser, Brave (BAT) CEO Brendan Eich, has waded into a fresh controversy that has ignited social media once again – this time taking aim at the United States’ top epidemiologist.
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Debugging CSS
14.12.2020
High five to Ahmad Shadeed for releasing his new book, Debugging CSS. I think that’s a neat angle for a book on CSS. There are a ton of books on the general subject of CSS already, so not that they can’t be fresh takes on that, but this feels equally important and less trodden...