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- Apple appears to mislead UK Regulator over deceptive default browser user interface – by pretending a dark pattern documented by several people never existed. Apple denied this, saying that the dark pattern was “never intended to discourage users from setting third-party browsers as the default”, and that anyone who says Apple is beastly is a big fat poo-poo, and so is their mum.
- What is React? – this brief unbiased video should be on syllabus of every coding bootcamp, University CS course and shown every night after the evening news.
- State of HTML 2024 survey – SPEKE YR BRANE!
- Should form labels be wrapped or separate? – should you wrap <input> in its associated <label>? Do you need
for=pointing to the input’sid? James Edwards has the answers (you can if you want to but it can be harder to stlyle, and yes) - CSS finally adds vertical centering in 2024 –
align-content:centerworks in the non-grid/float layout, allowing vertical centering with 1 CSS property - the
audioelement – Heydon Pickering’s unofficial guide - Openly licensed streetview with Panoramax
- Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads – “Ford Motor Company is seeking a patent for technology that would allow it to tailor in-car advertising by listening to conversations among vehicle occupants, as well as by analyzing a car’s historical location and other data, according to a patent application published late last month”. Just the sort of thing that lovable Uncle Henry would have wanted.
- Apple vs EU Commission: the FSFE intervenes to safeguard Free Software – “The Free Software Foundation Europe is intervening in litigation brought by Apple against the European Commission before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Apple is seeking to avoid DMA obligations related to its App Store and the interoperability of its operating system. The FSFE aims to protect Free Software against monopolistic corporate control.”
- An Abridged History of Safari Showstoppers – not the niggles, just the absolute cesspit explosions
- Ten reasons why Apple’s App Store terms are still not compliant with the DMA – from a legal rather than technical viewpoint
- Apple must pay Ireland €13bn in unpaid taxes, court rules – expect even more petulance against DMA from Fruitco
- Analysis of Meta, Apple, Google, Amazon, Bytedance and Microsofts’ implementation of their obligations under the Digital Markets Act non-compliance (PDF) by The European Consumers Organisation. Surprise! “We set out in this paper several ways in which we consider that these companies do not comply”
- On craft and the web by Chris Ferdinandi
- Ansi art Textmode graphics – Rauri Rochford on manipulating pixels in the pre-Cambrian
- Honest privacy policy