The Web in India: Anecdote 2 - UC Browser is getting in front of users
I learnt a lot of things in India. 2: UC Browser is trying to be the browser for the region
The Web in India: Anecdote 1 - Proxy browsers don't work
I learnt a lot of things in India. 1: Proxy browsers don't work
Working out what DNS to prefetch
I love (actual love) the `window.performance` API. Use it to help speed up your site.
Deep Web App Linking
I am passionate about making web apps discoverable and interlinked. It is one of the reasons why I created the very first Web Intents prototype and then worked on trying to get it standarised and implemented as WebIntents. Web Intents as we know it today failed (it still hurts), yet I still think about it a lot. In my recent post about SLICE I mentioned that inter-app linking is MIA on the web.
SLICE: The Web
What are the properties that make the web the web? How can we keep differentiating from native to stay relevant in a mobile world?
Goodbye Jekyll, Hello Hugo
Ruby frustrations and performance have frustrated me for a long time. Experimented with Hugo and ported blog in about 3 hours
Deep App linking and changes to Chrome on Android
Deep App Links: Changes have come to Chrome and this is my summary of what's happened, why and how to manage the change
Parsing the screenshot that Chrome for Android includes via ACTION_SEND intent
When you share a link from Chrome, you can also get a screenshot using a couple of Intent Extras
Imperative Content Security Policy with Service Worker
Some quick thoughts about not using CSP when you have a Service Worker.
Detecting injected content from third-parties on your site
Do you know if any ISP's are injecting Ads or anything else in to your site? No. I thought not.
Weekly Web Development links
A weekly run-down of some interesting things that I have found
The discovery problem.
Does the discovery problem of app stores, search and everywhere else only affect those who don't or can't market?
Weekly Web Development links number 5
A weekly run-down for Feb
Eye-dropper in Chrome Devtools for quickly picking colors from the web page
TIL: Use eye dropper directly on the web page.
What happened to Web Intents?
TL;DR It's a long story; I learnt a lot.
2 Factor Auth for physical transactions with Service Worker and Push Notifications
Is it possible to build a 2 factor authentication system on the web? I think it is.
Walking, talking and ideas for web apps
How do you find ideas for web apps and why is it important to build apps that push the platform?
The future of communications apps is on the web
It might be a hard sell, but there are number of advantages to using the web.
What do people want from a news experience?
It might be surprising. But it's all possible on the web.
Living with Web Apps
A spent a while living just with web apps. Here is my report.