The Future of CSS(joshwcomeau.com)
560 points by soheilpro | 277 comments
Josh Comeau's blog post listing his top 10 CSS feature picks for the Interop 2027 cross-browser compatibility effort.
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Chrome and Edge are removing XSLT: what breaks and what does not(doctor-seo.net)
104 points by croes | 114 comments
Blog post about Chrome and Edge removing XSLT support and what it breaks; the page returned a 403 Forbidden error.
JPEG XL vs. AVIF for web use-cases(jakearchibald.com)
307 points by farlight | 195 comments
Jake Archibald's blog post comparing JPEG XL and AVIF image formats for web use, with examples and benchmarks, after JPEG XL landed in all major browsers.
Making big downloads resumable in Firefox(lunarwatcher.codeberg.page)
269 points by speckx | 127 comments
A short blog post explaining that setting network.http.response.timeout to 0 in Firefox's about:config makes large downloads more stable and resumable.
2027 Web Platform Feature Ranking(interop-rank.fxdx.dev)
47 points by jaffathecake | 17 comments
A site from the Firefox team that lets users rank Interop 2027 web platform feature proposals to help prioritize browser development.
Browsers situationship: When browsers agree but the spec doesn't(atbrakhi.dev)
9 points by cpeterso | 3 comments
A blog post by atbrakhi about cases where browser implementations agree with each other but diverge from the web specification.
Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings(lapcatsoftware.com)
508 points by ExMachina73 | 89 comments
Jeff Johnson's blog post reporting that Chrome 152 again exempts Google-owned sites from the user setting to delete site data, six years after a similar bug.
Firefox 157 will include JPEG XL by default on all platforms(groups.google.com)
376 points by yboris | 98 comments
Mozilla dev-platform mailing list post announcing intent to ship JPEG XL decoding on by default in Firefox 157 on all platforms, using the Rust jxl-rs decoder.
Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker(support.mozilla.org)
639 points by pentagrama | 255 comments
Mozilla support article explaining how to block ads in Firefox for iOS; the captured page shows only a loading spinner.
Installing every* Firefox extension(jack.cab)
627 points by RohanAdwankar | 76 comments
A blog post on jack.cab describing an experiment installing (nearly) every Firefox extension at once, showing a browser cluttered with add-on icons.
Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web(hacks.mozilla.org)
613 points by mikece | 223 comments
Mozilla Hacks article by Ryan Hunt on why WebAssembly remains a second-class language on the web and how to make it first-class.
The browser is the sandbox(simonwillison.net)
319 points by enos_feedler | 172 comments
Simon Willison's blog post on Paul Kinlan's notes and Co-do demo about using the web browser as a sandbox for running AI coding agents.
Chromium Has Merged JpegXL(chromium-review.googlesource.com)
360 points by thunderbong | 116 comments
A merged Chromium Gerrit code review change that wires up a JPEG XL decoder based on the jxl-rs Rust library, enabling image/jxl support behind a flag.
Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?(infosec.press)
831 points by pabs3 | 727 comments
Blog post criticizing new Mozilla CEO Enzor-DeMeo's Verge interview remarks suggesting blocking ad blockers in Firefox was considered.
Google unkills JPEG XL?(tonisagrista.com)
342 points by speckx | 252 comments
Blog post summarizing JPEG XL's history with Google Chromium, from its removal in favor of AVIF to Google's apparent reversal.
XSLT RIP(xslt.rip)
615 points by edent | 397 comments
Retro-styled protest site about Google's October 2025 intent to deprecate and remove XSLT from Chrome by 2027, listing it among things killed by Google.
"Remove mentions of XSLT from the html spec"(github.com)
318 points by troupo | 385 comments
GitHub pull request in the whatwg/html repository by mfreed7 proposing to remove all mentions of XSLT from the HTML specification.
Sign in with Google in Chrome(underpassapp.com)
513 points by frizlab | 252 comments
Blog post by Jeff Johnson of Underpass App Company about the "Sign in with Google" prompts shown on sites like Yelp and how they behave in Chrome.
How to Firefox(kau.sh)
623 points by Vinnl | 367 comments
A blog post arguing for switching from Chrome to Firefox after Chrome disabled uBlock Origin, and describing how the author sets up and uses Firefox.
Shipping WebGPU on Windows in Firefox 141(mozillagfx.wordpress.com)
362 points by Bogdanp | 160 comments
Mozilla Gfx Team blog post announcing that WebGPU is shipping on Windows in Firefox 141.
Let me pay for Firefox(discourse.mozilla.org)
673 points by csmantle | 513 comments
A Mozilla Discourse community forum post by a longtime supporter arguing that Mozilla should let users pay for Firefox to fund its development.
Third party cookies must be removed(w3ctag.github.io)
414 points by pabs3 | 207 comments
W3C TAG draft finding (29 April 2025) arguing that third-party cookies must be removed from the web platform.
HTTP/3 is everywhere but nowhere(httptoolkit.com)
387 points by doener | 429 comments
HTTP Toolkit blog post by Tim Perry arguing HTTP/3 is widely deployed by browsers and CDNs but poorly supported in open-source tools and libraries.
JavaScript Temporal is coming(developer.mozilla.org)
1354 points by SigmundurM | 384 comments
MDN blog post announcing the upcoming JavaScript Temporal API for working with dates, times, and time zones, and its arrival in browsers.
If not React, then what?(infrequently.org)
317 points by pier25 | 568 comments
Alex Russell blog post arguing that teams should abandon framework-first habits like React and instead do deliberate engineering for web performance.
Handling cookies is a minefield(grayduck.mn)
498 points by todsacerdoti | 228 comments
A blog post by April King examining inconsistencies in how browsers and servers parse and handle HTTP cookies, using a JSON-valued cookie as an example.
Understanding Round Robin DNS(blog.hyperknot.com)
360 points by hyperknot | 110 comments
Blog post by Zsolt Ero exploring how browsers and Cloudflare choose which server to use with Round Robin DNS, in the context of OpenFreeMap.
CSS @property and the new style(ryanmulligan.dev)
498 points by surprisetalk | 159 comments
Blog post by Ryan Mulligan exploring the CSS @property at-rule, now supported in all modern browsers, for typed custom properties with syntax, initial value and inheritance.
Chrome is entrenching third-party cookies that will mislead users(brave.com)
468 points by NayamAmarshe | 267 comments
Brave blog post arguing that Chrome's Related Website Sets feature entrenches third-party cookies for some sites in ways that will mislead users about privacy.
Fixing a bug in Google Chrome as a first-time contributor(cprimozic.net)
597 points by Ameo | 150 comments
A blog post recounting the author's experience fixing a bug in Chromium/Google Chrome as a first-time contributor, from building the code to code review and release.
YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox(old.reddit.com)
1635 points by csvm | 402 comments
Reddit thread in r/youtube reporting that YouTube appears to artificially slow video load times for Firefox users; the captured page shows only a Reddit sign-up form.
HTML First(html-first.com)
759 points by tonyennis | 459 comments
HTML First is a manifesto of principles for building web software by leveraging browser defaults, HTML attribute syntax, and view-source to make development easier and more inclusive.
Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users(ctrl.blog)
664 points by extr0pian | 388 comments
Ctrl.blog post by Daniel Aleksandersen arguing that Microsoft still forces Edge on Windows 11 users through system components that ignore the default browser.
A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team(mastodon.social)
841 points by luu | 491 comments
A Mastodon post listing recent controversial moves by Google's Chrome team, such as Manifest v3, JPEG XL removal, and Web Environment Integrity, urging users to switch browsers.
Google Web Environment Integrity Is the New Microsoft Trusted Computing(neelc.org)
513 points by neelc | 236 comments
Blog post arguing Google's Web Environment Integrity proposal resembles Microsoft's ill-fated Palladium trusted computing initiative and threatens ad blockers.
Google is already pushing WEI into Chromium(github.com)
1079 points by topshelf | 691 comments
A Chromium GitHub commit titled "[wei] Ensure Origin Trial enables full feature" that wires Web Environment Integrity into runtime-enabled features for origin trials.
Unpacking Google’s Web Environment Integrity specification(vivaldi.com)
653 points by dagurp | 391 comments
Vivaldi blog post explaining why Google's proposed Web Environment Integrity specification threatens the open web and should be opposed.
Mozilla Standards Positions Opposes Web Integrity API(github.com)
769 points by danShumway | 244 comments
GitHub issue in Mozilla's standards-positions repo requesting a position on the Web Environment Integrity API, labeled position: negative and closed.
Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unrelated page(bugzilla.mozilla.org)
363 points by ReadCarlBarks | 267 comments
Mozilla Bugzilla bug 1835158 reporting that Firefox 113 showed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unrelated page, closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.
MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admins are angry(theverge.com)
904 points by dustedcodes | 642 comments
The Verge article reporting that Microsoft is making Outlook and Teams open web links in Edge, angering business IT administrators.