Microsoft Touts Plugin-Free Web, Offers Desktop Fallback for Flash
Microsoft's tablet-friendly Metro environment has banned Flash, but the company is offering a last ditch solution for websites that just can't let go of Adobe's plugin.
Firefox 10 Arrives With New Dev Tools and Full-Screen API
Mozilla has released Firefox 10, which features new and improved tools for web developers as well as more support for emerging web standards.
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, PayPal Go After Phishers With New E-Mail Authentication Effort
The biggest names in e-mail have teamed up to create a new system for authenticating e-mail senders, which would help prevent fraudulent spam and phishing messages.
Mozilla Questions Web Orthodoxies With ‘Pancake’
Mozilla Labs has launched an ambitious new project dubbed Pancake. The goal is to question our very basic assumptions about what the web should be and, hopefully, create a better web in the process. If nothing else at least Mozilla now has a Director of Pancake.
HTML5 Video on the Web Today
The hype surrounding HTML5 video may have died down, but as a recent report on the state of HTML5 video on today's web shows, the actual technology is better than ever.
Video: When We Build
Former Apple designer Wilson Miner reminds us why we care about building a better web in this inspiring talk.
Twitter Adds Responsive Design Tools to Bootstrap 2.0
Twitter's increasingly popular Bootstrap web development toolkit is just about to hit 2.0. With this release web developers will be able to use Bootstrap's new responsive tools to easily create flexible layouts for tablets and phones.
Jokes for Nerds: Wat Moments in Programming
If you ever doubt your nerdery, head on over to Destroy All Software and watch the video of programmer Gary Bernhardt’s Wat talk. If you find yourself laughing, rest assured, you’re a nerd. The talk comes from CodeMash 2012, where Bernhardt took a few moments to highlight a few WAT? (link NSFW) moments in some [...]
‘HTML5 Please’ Helps You Decide Which Parts of HTML5 and CSS 3 to Use
A new website helps web developers decipher the often confusing world of HTML5 and CSS 3. Which elements are ready to use? Which are still not widely supported? And where can you find polyfills and fallbacks for older browsers? HTML5 Please has your answers.
Google Works on Internet Standards with TCP Proposals, SPDY Standardization
In an effort to speed up the web, Google is proposing a number of changes to the standards at the core of the internet -- the Transmission Control Protocol, better known as TCP.