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IE Down, Edge Up… Global Browser Usage Stats Are for Cocktail Parties and Conference Slides

I enjoy articles like Hartley Charlton’s “Microsoft Edge Looks Set to Overtake Safari as World’s Second Most Popular Desktop Browser.” It’s juicy! We know these massive players in the browser market care very much about their market share, so when …

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Direct link to the article What if… you could use Visual Studio Code as the editor of in-browser Developer Tools?

What if… you could use Visual Studio Code as the editor of in-browser Developer Tools?

It’s not uncommon for my front-end workflow to go something like this:

  1. Work on thing.
  2. See that thing in an automatically refreshed browser.
  3. See something wrong with that thing.
  4. Inspect and correct the thing in DevTools.
  5. Apply the correct code
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Direct link to the article Weekly Platform News: Internet Explorer Mode, Speed Report in Search Console, Restricting Notification Prompts

Weekly Platform News: Internet Explorer Mode, Speed Report in Search Console, Restricting Notification Prompts

In this week’s roundup: Internet Explorer finds its way into Edge, Google Search Console touts a new speed report, and Firefox gives Facebook’s notification the silent treatment.

Let’s get into the news!…

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Direct link to the article A Business Case for Dropping Internet Explorer

A Business Case for Dropping Internet Explorer

The distance between Internet Explorer (IE) 11 and every other major browser is an increasingly gaping chasm. Adding support for a technologically obsolete browser adds an inordinate amount of time and frustration to development. Testing becomes onerous. Bug-fixing looms large. …

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Direct link to the article Weekly Platform News: WebAPK Limited to Chrome, Discernible Focus Rectangles, Modal Window API

Weekly Platform News: WebAPK Limited to Chrome, Discernible Focus Rectangles, Modal Window API

In this week’s roundup: “Add to home screen” has different meanings in Android, Chrome and Edge add some pop to focus rectangles on form inputs, and how third-party sites may be coming to a modal near you.…

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