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Jan Penfrat<p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> age restriction blocks all <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> except <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Safari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Safari</span></a>, breaks choice screen</p><p><a href="https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/ios-age-restriction-blocks-all-browsers-except-safari-breaks-choice-screen/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open-web-advocacy.org/blog/ios</span><span class="invisible">-age-restriction-blocks-all-browsers-except-safari-breaks-choice-screen/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/iphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iphone</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalMarketsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketsAct</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DMA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a></p>
El Duvelle<p>That's it, I am reaching my limit with the 'genAI' stuff. </p><p>I moved from <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> to <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> years ago to avoid the privacy issues and avoid supporting a giant company that's destroying the planet - now DuckDuckGo keeps force-feeding me 'AI-assisted answers' that I DO NOT WANT. </p><p>I've been using <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> for at least 15 years, for the same reasons, now I update <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> and "what's new with Firefox" you wonder? Well Firefox has a "new sidebar" that lets you "keep your AI assistant handy" - an "AI assistant" that I DO NOT WANT.</p><p>Stop force-feeding us useless, invasive, energy-hungry 'AI' that nobody is asking for!</p><p>Any suggestions for a No-AI equivalent to Duckduckgo? As for browser, I'm going to move on to <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browsers</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/NoAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoAI</span></a></p>
beeps :ash_tail:<p>🗃️ GOV.UK browser data updated for March 2025. <br><a href="https://beeps.website/govuk-browser-data/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">beeps.website/govuk-browser-da</span><span class="invisible">ta/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.beeps.gay/tags/Browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browsers</span></a> <a href="https://social.beeps.gay/tags/BrowserStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrowserStats</span></a> <a href="https://social.beeps.gay/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebDev</span></a></p>
Vivaldi<p>Question you should ask yourself today: Can I get my entire office to ditch Big Tech and embrace the Vivaldi way of life? 🙂‍↔️</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browsers</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LittleTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LittleTech</span></a></p>
adrinux<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@brucelawson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>brucelawson</span></a></span> Sigh. This is going to make firing up a Windows VM for browser testing even more tedious.</p><p>It's bad enough that it's essentially impossible to test Safari in a VM in Linux without giving macOS a separate graphics card and monitor.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browsers</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Safari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Safari</span></a></p>
Erik van Straten<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://blob.cat/users/emu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emu</span></a></span> : given a domain name (*) for a website with an APPARENT owner, DV certs do not provide ANY security because users have no reasonable way to determine whether said domain name DOES NOT belong to the apparent owner.</p><p>Phishing is wreaking havoc on the internet. There are lots of people like you who DO NOT provide ANY solutions.</p><p>(*) In some message (email, SMS, chatapp, DM, ...), found by Googling, out of a QR-code, in a paper letter or on social media.</p><p>A DV cert may be fine for your home NAS, but not for your bank. Unfortunately big tech does not want users to see the difference between a fake and a real bank (or any other critical website) in their browsers.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/phishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phishing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DV</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browsers</span></a></p>
xyhhx 🔻 (plz hire me)<p>browsers should implement a standard webauthn element / input type so that js-free websites could use webauthn too...</p><p><a href="https://nso.group/tags/webauthn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webauthn</span></a> <a href="https://nso.group/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> <a href="https://nso.group/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://nso.group/tags/fido2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fido2</span></a> <a href="https://nso.group/tags/ctap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ctap</span></a></p>
jbz<p>🇮🇳 India launches competition to build a homegrown web browser<br>—<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://geeknews.chat/@theregister" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>theregister</span></a></span></p><p>「 An indigenous browser could be more troublesome for market leaders Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Mozilla. India's colossal population, and its ardor for local products, could propel a local browser to a user base in the hundreds of millions – perhaps even a billion 」</p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/10/indian_web_browser_development_challenge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2023/08/10/ind</span><span class="invisible">ian_web_browser_development_challenge</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a></p>
洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee)<p><strong>Browser-Native Translation and Language Detection APIs Coming Soon</strong></p> <p><a href="https://hackers.pub/@hongminhee/2025/translation-api" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackers.pub/@hongminhee/2025/t</span><span class="invisible">ranslation-api</span></a></p>
Paul Giulan<p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/Servo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Servo</span></a> vs <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ladybird</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thelibre.news/servo-vs-ladybird/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelibre.news/servo-vs-ladybir</span><span class="invisible">d/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rust</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a></p>
Flaky<p>Anyone with ADHD (not diagnosed but on waiting list): I kinda need you lot's help with browsers. How do you cull the tab hoarding? I use Vivaldi and I keep hoarding tabs and it's getting annoying lol.</p><p>gonna tag both browser types for maximum reach.</p><p><a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/Browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browsers</span></a> <a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a> <a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> <a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a> <a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/AuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuDHD</span></a></p>
SecureDrop<p>Today we're releasing WEBCAT, a set of open-source tools that enables tamper-proof web applications.</p><p>This is a major milestone on the path to the next generation of SecureDrop, to provide trustworthy browser-based encryption.</p><p><a href="https://securedrop.org/news/introducing-webcat-web-based-code-assurance-and-transparency/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">securedrop.org/news/introducin</span><span class="invisible">g-webcat-web-based-code-assurance-and-transparency/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.freedom.press/tags/SecureDrop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecureDrop</span></a> <a href="https://social.freedom.press/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> <a href="https://social.freedom.press/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> <a href="https://social.freedom.press/tags/whistleblowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblowing</span></a> <a href="https://social.freedom.press/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
DennisL<p>A must read for web developers: "Who's Afraid of a Hard Page Load?" <a href="https://unplannedobsolescence.com/blog/hard-page-load/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unplannedobsolescence.com/blog</span><span class="invisible">/hard-page-load/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webdevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a></p>
sheislaurence<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FediFollows</span></a></span> welcome to the world <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@iFixit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iFixit</span></a></span>! Know you from my <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@restartproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>restartproject</span></a></span> days, and thought of you again yesterday, how timely: do you have any recommendations for adapting older hardware to the requirements of today's internet, namely: supported <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a>. Got all my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/addons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>addons</span></a> disabled yesterday on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a>, as my version of Mac (10.11) is beyond unsupported. Issues with Chrome too.</p>
W3C Developers<p>Plotting browser support data in a catalog shows the evolution of the web platform in terms of number and availability of features. </p><p>The <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://w3c.social/@w3c" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>w3c</span></a></span> WebDX <a href="https://w3c.social/tags/CommunityGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityGroup</span></a> has completed a first nearly complete catalog of web features targeted at web <a href="https://w3c.social/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>developers</span></a>, along with support data across main <a href="https://w3c.social/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a>. The catalog already powers <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mdn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mdn</span></a></span>, Can I use, and is now being integrated in tools and libraries.</p><p>▶️ <a href="https://www.w3.org/blog/2025/first-catalog-of-web-features-completed-by-the-webdx-community-group/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">w3.org/blog/2025/first-catalog</span><span class="invisible">-of-web-features-completed-by-the-webdx-community-group/</span></a></p><p>Feedback welcome! <a href="https://github.com/web-platform-dx/web-features" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/web-platform-dx/web</span><span class="invisible">-features</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://w3c.social/@tidoust" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tidoust</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@patrickbrosset" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>patrickbrosset</span></a></span></p>
Sheridan<p>When you're returning to look at the same web browser privacy comparison table for the 27th time this week because you still can't decide on a web browser. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a></p>
Vivaldi<p>Multitasking level: expert. Have you ever tiled multiple tabs to compare things side by side, or are you still tab-hopping? 🏃💨</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Tabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tabs</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vivaldi</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browsers</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Productivity</span></a></p>
Fitik<p><strong>Release Notes - Zen Browser 1.9b</strong></p> Release Notes - Zen Browser 1.9b #zenbrowser #browsers #ZenBrowser <p><a href="https://zen-browser.app/release-notes/#1.9b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zen-browser.app/release-notes/</span><span class="invisible">#1.9b</span></a></p>
Vivaldi<p>Friday pro tip: If you don’t check your emails, they don’t exist until Monday. 😎</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Friday</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Email</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mail</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Productivity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browsers</span></a></p>
Yumquotient<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> Don’t mean to hijack the thread, about search engines, but seems the same goes for browsers.</p><p>Many people recommend Vivaldi. A blog post they created just a couple months ago says Vivaldi won’t use ai, but if you look at their new Translate Feature, it’s run by ai. Did they do an about-face? Or am I misunderstanding? Is it a feature you can just turn off? <a href="https://vivaldi.com/features/translate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vivaldi.com/features/translate</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a> Not finding many people talking about this.<br>Ensh**tification <br><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/searchengines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>searchengines</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a></p>