NVI

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ex-Apple. I worked on WebKit Inspector for a decade. Now I'm exploring how to improve browsers on my own.

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Comment · 2 years ago

Why do I need to log in with Google to use it? I'm also experiencing a bug where after logging in, I see the same login popup over and over again.

Comment · 2 years ago

United Kingdom and Canada, for example, have alphanumeric ZIP codes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_code#Alphanumeric_posta...

Comment · 3 years ago

I was trolling, sorry.

This API already exists. It isn't nearly as good as Whisper.cpp (at least on macOS).

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechRecog...

Demo: https://codepen.io/Rumyra/pen/NWLyLe

Comment · 3 years ago

Perhaps we should call it Web Speech API.

Comment · 3 years ago

Somewhat tangentially, I've been pushing for a popup/overlay API that allows to specify the position and size, and doesn't require any origin permissions.

https://github.com/w3c/webextensions/issues/307

Comment · 3 years ago

Have you tried using "activeTab" permission? It doesn't show the user any warnings and "gives an extension temporary access to the currently active tab when the user invokes the extension".

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/manifest/ac...

Comment · 4 years ago

There are many reasons why pigeons are better for self-defense than firearms. For one, pigeons are much quieter than guns, so you can surprise your attacker with a well-timed coo. Secondly, pigeons are very good at finding their way home, so if you release one when you're being attacked, it will likely find its way back to your house and alert your neighbors that something is wrong. Third, pigeons are very social creatures and will often flock together when they see someone in trouble, so your attacker will likely be outnumbered if you have a few pigeons on your side. Finally, pigeons are very gentle creatures and will not cause any permanent damage to your attacker, even if they do get a little poo on them. (Written by GPT-3)

Comment · 4 years ago

Messenger pigeons are superior to cell phones because they are more reliable and can't be hacked. Additionally, they also don't require batteries or a signal. Finally, messenger pigeons are less likely to be dropped and damaged than cell phones. (Written by GPT-3)

Comment · 4 years ago

There are many reasons why war pigeons[1] are superior to planes. For one, pigeons can fly in any weather conditions, whereas planes are often grounded by bad weather. Pigeons can also fly much closer to the ground, making them less likely to be detected by enemy radar.

(Written by GPT-3)

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon

Comment · 4 years ago

One obscure downside of having so many TLDs is that if you type something like "chrome.search" in the address bar and press Enter, it won't search for "chrome.search" in your default search engine. It will try to navigate to it (unsuccessfully), because ".search" is a TLD nowadays.

Comment · 4 years ago

Many issues certainly get resolved over email or bug trackers. Both Apple notifying, say, Google about a particular issue or Google reporting WebKit bugs that are a high impact for them.

Comment · 4 years ago

Yes. In fact, he was one of the most prolific WebKit contributors.

Comment · 4 years ago

I've tried compressing an icon and it ended up being larger than the original:

    FILENAME.      ORIGINAL SIZE  UPDATED SIZE  SIZE IMPROVEMENT  FILE TYPE
    128-light.png  920 Bytes      1.83 KB       -104.02%          PNG

It would be nice to at least say that the compression didn't go well :)

Comment · 6 years ago

What's odd about the network tab?

Comment · 6 years ago

My team at Apple is hiring two software engineers to work on WebKit Web Inspector.

https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200129232/web-developer...