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.
#web-standards on Hacker News
34 stories tagged web-standards, newest first.
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.
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.
Why don't more developers “use the platform”?(nolanlawson.com)
304 points by vinhnx | 318 comments
Nolan Lawson blog post examining why web developers often don't "use the platform" and rely on JavaScript instead of built-in browser features.
Bez: Generating a browser engine from specs and tests(tangled.org)
109 points by nerdypepper | 44 comments
Tangled repository page for bez, a project generating a browser engine from web specifications and test suites, showing files and recent commits.
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.
RFC 10008: The new HTTP Query Method(rfc-editor.org)
394 points by schappim | 163 comments
RFC 10008, a Proposed Standard defining the HTTP QUERY method: a safe, idempotent request that carries enclosed content like POST but can be safely retried.
The Website Specification(specification.website)
526 points by k1m | 210 comments
Website Spec is a platform-agnostic specification and checklist of 128 technical features a good website should have, covering SEO, accessibility, security, and agent readiness.
I’ve banned query strings(chrismorgan.info)
539 points by susam | 277 comments
Blog post by Chris Morgan explaining why his website rejects URLs containing query strings such as tracking parameters.
Mozilla's opposition to Chrome's Prompt API(github.com)
581 points by jaffathecake | 214 comments
GitHub issue in Mozilla's standards-positions repo on Chrome's Prompt API, labeled with a negative position from Mozilla.
Modern CSS Code Snippets: Stop writing CSS like it's 2015(modern-css.com)
646 points by eustoria | 272 comments
Modern.css is a site presenting modern native CSS code snippets side by side with the older hacks they replace.
You can make up HTML tags(maurycyz.com)
514 points by todsacerdoti | 171 comments
A short blog post explaining that you can use made-up HTML tag names like <cool-thing> instead of divs with classes, and style them with CSS.
Replacing JavaScript with Just HTML(htmhell.dev)
677 points by soheilpro | 254 comments
An HTMHell Advent Calendar 2025 article by Aaron T. Grogg on replacing JavaScript functionality with native HTML features.
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.
WASM 3.0 Completed(webassembly.org)
1017 points by todsacerdoti | 450 comments
WebAssembly.org announcement by Andreas Rossberg that Wasm 3.0 is completed and released as the new live standard, succeeding version 2.0.
The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “signed agents” pitch(positiveblue.substack.com)
415 points by positiveblue | 409 comments
Substack opinion post arguing that Cloudflare's "signed agents" program is a vendor-run allowlist that makes Cloudflare a gatekeeper of the open web rather than an open standard.
"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.
Modern Node.js Patterns(kashw1n.com)
795 points by eustoria | 379 comments
Blog post titled "Modern Node.js Patterns for 2025" covering current Node.js practices such as ES modules, web-standard APIs, and streams.
Why can't HTML alone do includes?(frontendmasters.com)
363 points by susam | 336 comments
A Frontend Masters blog post exploring why HTML has no native way to include other HTML files and what the options and history are.
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.
Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button(nuejs.org)
679 points by tipiirai | 493 comments
Nue blog post announcing a release that demonstrates building full single-page apps with web standards (HTML, CSS, JS) that are smaller than a React button.
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.
Open-UI: Maintain an open standard for UI and promote its adherence and adoption(github.com)
330 points by ksec | 99 comments
GitHub repository for Open UI, a W3C community group effort to maintain an open standard for web UI components and promote its adoption.
Every HTML Element(iamwillwang.com)
448 points by wxw | 126 comments
A single unstyled web page that demonstrates every HTML element by using each one in self-describing text.
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.
CSS gets a new logo and it uses the color `rebeccapurple`(michaelcharl.es)
773 points by thunderbong | 163 comments
Blog post about the new official CSS logo, which uses the CSS named color rebeccapurple.
In 2024, please switch to Firefox(roytanck.com)
1328 points by Vinnl | 645 comments
Roy Tanck's blog post urging readers to switch to Firefox in 2024 as the only remaining ethical browser, citing its slipping market share.
Just normal web things(heather-buchel.com)
523 points by vitplister | 200 comments
Blog post by Heather Buchel arguing that new websites and apps, like recent social media clients, fail to support basic normal web behaviors.
Google vs. the Open Web(interpeer.io)
463 points by ColinWright | 147 comments
Interpeer Project blog post expanding on a social media post about Google's actions versus the Open Web.
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.
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web(arstechnica.com)
891 points by jakobdabo | 359 comments
Ars Technica article on Google's proposed Web Integrity API, being prototyped in Chrome, which critics say would act as a DRM-style gatekeeper for the web.
Web Environment Integrity API Proposal(github.com)
446 points by reactormonk | 335 comments
GitHub repository by Rupert Ben Wiser containing the Web Environment Integrity API proposal, a browser attestation spec, with docs and README.
Security.txt file now mandatory for Dutch government websites(netherlands.postsen.com)
321 points by pseudotrash | 139 comments
News aggregator article reporting that a security.txt file is now mandatory for Dutch government websites.
I want to talk about WebGPU(cohost.org)
608 points by pjmlp | 221 comments
A cohost blog post by mcc (andi) discussing WebGPU, its history, and why it is a compelling graphics API for developers.