"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick'"
Category: Technology
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Just checking out the latest Interop 2023 and it appears that Firefox development is advancing at a steady pace (link) such as the :has() CSS pseudo-class which has performance benefits particularly if you’re using content blockers that take advantage of it. It’ll be interesting to watch as the gap in functionality closes. This will become…
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WebAssembly Garbage Collection is being worked on for Safari (link) as they make changes bit by bit. It’ll be interesting to see how Webextensions in the future will make use of WebAssembly Garbage Collection not to mention the increase in complexity of web based applications requiring a sophisticated framework so that a great experience can…
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Almost the end of another week, I was hoping to get 20-26 December off from work but I’ve been dragged back into doing a shift on Christmas eve. I wanted the day off but what I might do is ask for a couple of days on the other side so I end up getting off…
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Apple released a series of updates for all their platforms with the system firmware and wifi firmware being updated with the latest update with many security bugs being fixed in macOS (link) along with bumping the Safari version from 17 to 17.1. There have been some improvements in Webextesions support, there is still a lot…
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The week felt a lot longer than normal but it went off without a hitch. Over the last few weeks I’ve been getting things organised for a big OE (overseas experience) to Europe and the UK. I’ve been fluffing around for years and I think this is the time I really should make use of…
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Chrome 118 was released this morning (NZ Time) with quite a number of changes (link), many of the changes involve removing non compliant implementations such as webkit prefixed APIs that have been superseded by APIs that have been officially stabilised and standardised. I guess a good portion of the removals have to do with pushing…
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I’ve been watching a few iPhone to Samsung switch videos for a while and the one thing I notice is that a lot of time is spent on the hardware and software but little spent on talking about migrating from one ecosystem to another ecosystem. When I mean ecosystem I am referring to moving from…
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It’s that time of the year and Google has announced a laundry list of updates – the biggest IMHO is the 7 year software support which will hopefully push other Android handset OEMs to step up along with Qualcomm and other SoC vendors to provide support long term. Although it hasn’t launched in New Zealand…
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Well, I’ve given Safari a try for a couple of weeks with one week using Safari 17 (using AdGuard with all but the filters that are labelled problematic enabled) and so far it has been good but I run into compatibility issues with some sites not to mention the limitations of Apple’s Webextensions API implementation…
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macOS 14 has been released today and I’ve done a clean install on both my MacBook Air and Mac Studio – so far things are very stable, Safari is performing well, AdGuard Safari Extension is working, over all the experience is a lot smoother than previous releases which goes back to a post I made…
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