Rohan Kumar
ceb19c9308
Re-org web best practices article
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- Add a TOC
- Remove the flamebait bulleted list at the top
- Move link underlines section up by one
- Some formatting
2022-03-26 16:35:19 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
422369ea4f
Fix escaped tags in <pre>, remove redundancy
2022-03-26 12:31:51 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
53f4aedf45
info for sec-tests, switch-access, keybot.
2022-03-26 12:31:48 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
391e0b64c5
Move Kozmonavt to "site-finders" category.
2022-03-26 12:31:37 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
a1a33e14ea
Add machine translation notes, proofread
2022-03-25 17:44:10 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
91d2a6567a
Search engines: mention Bloopish might be down
2022-03-21 08:09:34 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
6b402b6ec1
Another typo, formatting
2022-03-20 16:25:46 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
7d3ca83479
Typo
2022-03-20 16:24:14 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
4607ec2d95
Better example of bad custom colors
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Add a better screenshot showcasing bad custom colors. Also give it a
figcaption.
The figcaption meant that I had to revise a statement later down when I
said I don't use figcaptions for images.
2022-03-20 16:09:01 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
dd9e791d18
Add You.com under Bing, remove ask.moe
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Ask.moe uses Google Custom Search now, so it's not a search engine
anymore; it's a search client.
Lots of people asked about You.com so I put it under Bing.
2022-03-20 11:07:06 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
c6a6e55ede
Add conclusion and criteria for inclusion
2022-03-19 13:42:29 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
013d382f27
Mention "skip links"
2022-03-19 13:40:08 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
458f516655
New engine: Fairsearch
2022-03-19 13:37:11 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
71f1e6fb00
Correction: Bing/Yandex don't need signin either
2022-03-19 12:57:59 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
9f8e41cdb6
Correction: Google submissions don't need sign-in
2022-03-19 11:43:12 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
a027123cd9
Phrasing fix: replace "above" following page reorg
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The search tests are no longer "above" the changed sentence so it
shouldn't say "above".
2022-03-17 23:45:53 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
a7e48a35d4
Add Gnomit search engine
2022-03-17 23:43:50 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
1524b40c4a
Mention compatible SVG implementations
2022-03-17 23:37:22 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
fdfd53c3e5
Typo
2022-03-17 23:35:04 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
648771480e
Describe SVG optimization, rephrasings
2022-03-17 23:34:59 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
3bb8f89f74
Phrasing fixes
2022-03-17 23:32:15 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
9098dd5d9a
Describe dark image variants and optimized loading
2022-03-17 23:31:31 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
208b0fe43e
Add info on non-browsers and TLS terminators
2022-03-16 17:09:21 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
cd124986ab
Add recommendations for narrow viewports
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These recommendations also included stuff for <figure> elements; in the
spirit of dogfooding, I used some <figure> elements where appropriate
elsewhere in the page.
2022-03-16 17:08:43 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
4d8daf5aa5
Add nonbreaking spaces before version numbers
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"WCAG 2.2" shouldn't be broken up; a new line shouldn't start with
"2.2". "WCAG 2.2" should be treated as one word.
2022-03-16 17:00:43 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
66833dc93e
Improve narrow screen compat
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- Replace long <code> snippets
- Add some soft hyphens.
- Make one image of text look better on a narrow viewport.
2022-03-16 16:52:03 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
988d278b14
Formatting, info on contrast+halation, Tor notes
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- Describe how contrast overkill in dark mode can cause halation
- Add more info on compatibility with the Tor browser
- Mention the rationale for a custom image border color
- More accurately note how in addition to fontconfig mappings, I also
set my browser preferred font to "sans-serif".
- Clarify that underlines help identify both the beginnings and ends of
hyperlinks.
- Formatting/phrasing fixes, esp in Gemtext.
2022-03-16 16:49:03 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
5575e2149d
Clarify use of WCAG, update sample CSP
2022-03-16 16:42:31 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
12a6c098f7
Add a11y justifications with citations
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Cite the WCAG's supplementary techniques as justification for some
recommendations.
2022-03-16 16:40:04 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
857fc53679
Add info on TLS and a11y
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- Recommend reading the WCAG and supplementary information on WCAG
techniques
- Recommend against broken TLS ciphers.
2022-03-15 17:23:57 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
df51ccc57b
Add Bloopish, kaz.kz, SOLOFIELD. Minor rephrasings
2022-03-15 17:23:28 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
0aefb5d083
Add info on lazy-loading, rephrasings.
2022-03-14 13:50:01 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
f93637455d
More info on biases and structured data
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- Expand "rationale" with info on bias
- "rationale" got bigger so I added sub-headings
- Move "rationale" section to the bottom since its increased size pushed
away the actual engines
2022-03-10 17:11:49 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
ac645a12a7
Add note on engine bias
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In response to the flood of traffic I got after DuckDuckGo's
announcement.
2022-03-10 15:29:00 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
3e290a08db
Add GMX and Fireball
2022-03-07 22:44:34 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
86b4012ec0
Mention Brutalist Web Design
2022-03-04 13:55:35 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
760bec2959
Add Toutiao
2022-03-03 19:40:18 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
a6e3ee6e20
New Turkish engine
2022-03-01 20:25:38 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
65c8710b61
RIP Meorca, add info on 3p sources to Brave.
2022-03-01 14:42:59 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
e0a42eeaf2
Add Keybot search engine
2022-03-01 11:48:32 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
028a720186
New engines: semantic scholar, SSEL
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Add Semantic Scholar and Secret Search Engine Labs.
2022-03-01 00:35:54 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
e121529f5e
Mention the ask.com network
2022-02-28 13:42:15 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
3c00cfd4e8
Internal: markdown extension for adding link attrs
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More concise than using <a> every time i need to add an attr to a link
2022-02-28 13:41:24 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
03e45ae848
Mention visited link color
2022-02-28 02:30:48 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
3cf4bd7191
Elaborate on Mojeek and friendly exclusions.
2022-02-27 15:09:28 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
62b507b738
Remove bad use of <cite>
2022-02-27 11:29:25 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
14f2053fc1
Style: reduce horizontal scroll, element borders
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All pages should now look good on screens 230px wide (DPR=1), inc. most
feature-phones running e.g. KaiOS.
Add borders to images so they look distinct from the surrounding page.
2022-02-26 17:18:44 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
4bc0d54ecb
Expand and re-locate "methodology" section
2022-02-26 17:15:14 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
eca3aa9fbb
Sitemap fixes
2022-02-26 01:55:34 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
892c27516a
Link to WCAG 2.2 instead of 2.0
2022-02-26 01:54:26 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
4ca5fed1e9
Better citations
2022-02-26 01:05:44 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
5612220b77
Mention exclusions
2022-02-25 23:43:22 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
d745d65152
New engine: Kagi Search
2022-02-25 20:01:50 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
1201c64d38
Re-vamp "non-generalist search" section.
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- Add a couple new engines to non-gen search
- Move search.tl to non-gen search
- Split non-gen search into subsections.
2022-02-25 19:49:11 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
29ae0f3115
Web practices: link underlines are good.
2022-02-24 23:00:49 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
f5101cbc69
Linkify some text for further info
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- Add link to tweet stating that Bedrock Edition removed debug symbols
- Add link to sandbox-app-launcher
2022-02-24 21:53:37 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
6e855bb193
Moar linked/structured data
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- Add copyrightOwner microdata
- Add person/h-card markup for some more people
2022-02-24 17:55:44 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
97d640a514
First-party link to Black Hat presentation
2022-02-22 22:37:53 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
c203c7f099
Remove avatars from body text
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I decided I don't like them
2022-02-22 22:17:13 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
b66a782aa1
Support indieweb avatars
2022-02-22 21:48:10 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
e1484ecb78
Update Neeva info to reflect free tier
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Thanks Akumei!
2022-02-22 18:24:36 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
8e16576d2a
Rephrase
2022-02-22 12:54:10 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
0828a82f8a
Add some counter-args from Patience and ddevault
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thanks y'all
2022-02-22 12:49:51 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
24e21342f4
Mention source dececptiveness
2022-02-22 11:32:46 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
779cccc3a3
New Gemini search engine: AuraGem
2022-02-20 23:59:02 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
c399e82858
Mention OneSearch, a Yahoo+Bing-based engine
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Since it got added to some Searx instances I figured I should mention
it.
2022-02-21 00:00:29 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
d323b3a298
New upcoming search engine: Ahrefs
2022-02-20 15:58:45 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
c03af0eacc
Use new "indieweb-person" shortcode
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This should reduce a lot of repetition. Supports first/last names,
nicknames, generic names that don't conform to first/last norms, and
has basic support for affiliated organizations.
Also snuck in more info on website colors to the web best practices
article, inc. a link to Chris' Wiki.
2022-02-19 12:48:53 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
e9ace710eb
New search engine: Siik
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How do I keep stumbling across these? I've run into a bunch lately by
sheer coincidence.
2022-02-16 21:17:48 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
48103805a5
Update Infotiger info
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Infotiger has changed a lot in the past months, and my description of
the engine was quite outdated.
2022-02-15 11:21:35 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
cdecf4be9a
Strip useless <nav>.
2022-02-15 11:13:09 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
d8cb28d1db
Use navlinks to navigate previous posts in series
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This requires making <nav> *not* display inline except for the
unstyled-list navlinks. This should also do a better job at appeasing
reader modes.
For the same reason, also make one link a citation
2022-02-14 17:24:40 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
be9bcd000d
Use <var> elements instead of <code> for variables
2022-02-13 16:07:28 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
5734bc49c4
New engine: Entfer
2022-02-13 16:07:16 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
589544cd6c
Fix: unique html ID
2022-02-11 16:11:58 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
935b55f10f
New engine: Alexandria.org
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Gowiki is down, move it to the graveyard
Add Alexandria in its place.
2022-02-11 16:07:15 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
5ba82ea53d
Put <dfn> in own paragraph
2022-02-11 14:53:44 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
21c623d62b
Search engines: add Artado Search
2022-02-08 22:39:09 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
65ad38d559
Fix broken links/anchors
2022-02-07 21:26:03 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
87f82b70e3
New engine: sengine.info
2022-02-07 20:31:57 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
df6bb716ec
Forgot to delete a dupe paragraph
2022-02-07 17:50:16 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
616d91e0a8
Clarify the tradeoffs of closed-source
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- Explain how FLOSS can allow transparency into the development
processes
- Give examples of proprietary software that's more secure
- Make the conclusion just a little more detailed.
2022-02-07 17:23:02 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
de4a742620
Use <dfn> elements
2022-02-06 22:24:11 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
b0280c058c
Link to SRE frameworks, minor rephrasings
2022-02-06 22:23:59 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
106b81c428
New search engine: search.marginalia.nu
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Thanks Cadence.
2022-02-05 18:08:45 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
2e4e174f0f
Make links to previous posts more prominent
2022-02-04 14:24:23 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
e027d82b52
Add more info about fuzzing
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- Add counter-arg about how source improves fuzzing
- Add quote from Daniel Stenberg about fuzzing cURL.
2022-02-04 13:01:38 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
42c87d6970
Add a summarizing statement to conclusion
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Explicity state that security is determined through study, regardless of
source model.
Also fix some whitespace.
2022-02-04 11:16:05 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
77d003a640
Incorporate feedback: ME obfusc., static analysis
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Thanks to zdctg on the #security IRC channel at libera.chat, and to
X_Cli on lemmy.ml
2022-02-04 00:36:38 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
10b582e57b
Update information about Qwant
2022-02-03 22:46:56 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
13ffd6209c
Expand acronym
2022-02-03 22:33:48 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
65ef073088
Link to oss-security thread on CVE-2022-0185
2022-02-03 22:29:46 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
bbfcef2370
More minor rephrasings
2022-02-03 19:23:12 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
eb6d909539
Minor wording fixes
2022-02-03 18:31:13 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
646b123f57
Fix bad link
2022-02-03 15:21:52 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
6ade75e4cd
New post: FLOSS doesn't imply security
2022-02-03 15:21:42 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
17c3fb568d
Add translation of whatsapp article
2021-12-13 15:26:03 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
385a18bbd9
Link to MOAC in blog post
2021-12-01 22:01:21 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
822cc31d5c
Mention ExactSeek sibling engines
2021-10-21 18:23:41 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
d6b40e2f21
Search engines: remove dupe entry
2021-10-14 12:29:42 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
fb4b3f165b
Search engines: mention Kagi, rm dead link
2021-10-14 12:25:27 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
37d7f6adba
Petal uses 3p indexes in certain jurisdictions
2021-10-03 18:56:23 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
69aef63c86
Update whatsapp article with follow-up link @top
2021-10-03 13:38:07 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
77a74d73bf
Search engines: add semi-independent engine Neeva
2021-08-30 15:43:24 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
0d2d25b124
Fix: use HTTPS links where possible
2021-08-16 17:48:36 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
4779f2fa60
Update search engines
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- Remove goo.ne.jp since it uses Google
- Create "Graveyard" section and move wbsrch to it 🪦
- Restore link to Crawlson since it's back up
2021-08-09 09:27:26 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
2d908e688d
Clarify attributions
2021-08-05 00:47:11 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
1e313cfdc9
Add footer heading
2021-08-05 00:42:59 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
f6413346af
Web best practices: add "security" section
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Add information on restricting site functionality.
Add some details on accomodating Tor users.
2021-07-31 17:36:18 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
02dc7822ec
Web best practices: dark themes: Mention OLEDs
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OLED displays use less energy when displaying darker colors.
2021-07-06 09:21:47 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
7ccf84f031
Web best practices: async decode + fingerprinting
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- Mention image async decoding
- Describe how width-selector use can enable JS-free viewport
fingerprinting
2021-07-02 20:37:24 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
322e7ef575
Search engines: remove dead link to burf.co
2021-06-28 14:52:55 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
3ee9f1b90d
Add note about Epic Search going paid-only
2021-06-28 10:41:54 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
da87f981a2
Web best practices: link to two other places
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Link to the XHTML Club and an article by Bill Dietrich.
2021-06-27 17:37:29 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
aae653056d
Web best practices: link to ECT
2021-06-27 17:02:45 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
5511b354c4
Web best practices: mention Tor users
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Simple sites should work well with the Tor Browser.
2021-06-27 15:26:01 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
4effcd52da
Formatting
2021-06-22 22:37:06 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
ddeeb36248
Correct error about Brave
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New info from Solso on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27596830
2021-06-22 22:31:48 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
140ea2d319
Add Brave, fix dated info, DDG misconceptions
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- New category: "semi-independent indexes". Contains Brave and Plumb.
- Mention that Quor is down
- Fix outdated statement on Plumb's hCaptcha
- Clarify some misconceptions about DDG
2021-06-22 10:22:00 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
e660a132c2
New engine (Goo) + more engine info
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Thanks N. A. Ferrell for feedback!
2021-06-17 20:17:48 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
99e402f133
Clean up some relative urls again
2021-06-16 12:18:01 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
204600fae3
Fix relative URLs
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- No relative URLs in the RSS feed except plain anchor links
- Eliminate the need for excessive "../" in URLs.
2021-06-14 15:31:08 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
8607612e0a
Add recommendations for dark themes
2021-06-13 18:28:15 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
155d4f7b91
Update FLoC article to reflect changed stance
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Turns out there's a valid reason to use FLoC.
2021-06-11 15:08:29 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
02b2345e83
Update search engines
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- Add ChatNoir, Ninfex
- Mark Runnaroo as discontinued
2021-05-29 15:57:12 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
3cb61af6e7
New search engine: "Infotiger"
2021-05-12 11:27:06 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
0d3b978676
Add sentence summarizing privacy impl. of opt-out
2021-04-28 10:34:14 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
04316a1266
New engine: Burf.co
2021-04-23 02:51:49 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
d01bcc1971
Clarification on exclusion from cohort calculation
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Being excluded from cohort calculation doesn't necessarily make users
less unique.
2021-04-17 13:20:31 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
2ae6abbd82
Make the post a bit less finger-pointy
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- Mention another time that it's in response to online
discussions/comments, not the authors of certain blog posts
- Clarify that there's nothing wrong with adding this header to your
site if you manage your expectations and DON'T accuse others of
complicity or change upstream software
2021-04-17 11:28:52 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
dba315efce
Add segment about Do Not Track
2021-04-16 22:31:59 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
28f70689a4
Remove superfluous sentence
2021-04-16 21:25:30 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
d868be3da0
Clarify source of misinfo
2021-04-16 21:24:24 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
32181efa19
Clarify what opting out actually entails
2021-04-16 20:51:38 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
7429b31fec
Add gemtext version of FLoC article
2021-04-16 20:34:52 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
1e7f1260d7
Add footnotes with clarifications
2021-04-16 18:50:34 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
30bf11b8ba
Typo: s/server/software/
2021-04-16 18:30:46 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
fb03d7ba4c
New post: Permissions Policy and FLoC misinfo
2021-04-16 18:06:22 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
a729dc565c
New engine: Kozmonavt
2021-04-14 12:31:45 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
d6bfdbd388
New engine: go.mail.ru
2021-03-31 13:21:38 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
68dc2da442
New search engine: Yioop
2021-03-29 23:08:28 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
7c39739ed9
Add some info about Plumb
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I contacted Adam from Plumb for more info and updated the section on
Plumb search.
2021-03-20 23:09:14 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
864292c7e4
Add "Rationale" and info from Matt
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Matt from Gigablast answered some of my questions; I updated the article
with information from him. Some of that information found its way to the
"Rationale" section.
2021-03-20 13:28:59 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
a65526b887
Add more details about some search engines
2021-03-19 23:25:52 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
f83a996318
Add info on relationship between Plumb and Gibiru
2021-03-19 19:10:27 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
f08de57e81
Reword
2021-03-19 17:00:27 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
e9fc43a4ee
New search engine: Plumb
2021-03-19 16:48:23 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
a81e185b7d
CI/Makefile: reduce zopfli compression even more
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70 iterations seems to be the point at which we hit diminishing returns.
The combined size difference of all *.gz files with 70 iterations and
1000 iterations is 65 bytes.
2021-03-17 15:06:08 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
b5e8d35373
Clarify alternatives that support limiting by TLD
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In the info for search.tl, clarify that its single-TLD search isn't a
unique feature; Google and Bing support a search operator to achieve the
same result.
2021-03-17 14:35:13 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
f40862bc89
Add two search engines, minor fixes
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- Two new engines: search.tl and Anoox
- Replace some HTTP with HTTPS
- Add an <abbr> tag
- Spelling/capitalization
2021-03-17 13:38:00 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
bd6d3732a2
New engine: Meorca
2021-03-16 11:15:50 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
58b64c9a95
Mention ELinks, Netrik
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They're not very actively maintained, but they're still good for
testing.
2021-03-15 11:19:50 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
b796592848
Typo: s/Runaroo/Runnaroo/g
2021-03-13 21:23:29 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
21f6c0c02a
Add info about wbsrch's per-lang indexes
2021-03-13 13:47:01 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
ab92d8ded6
Add Search My Site
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Reader-contributed. Thanks for the suggestion!
2021-03-12 13:07:17 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
b93b8ac9c2
Clarify an initialism with <abbr>
2021-03-11 14:46:34 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
15d84dff38
Add missing heading to gemtext
2021-03-11 14:46:24 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
5d425f58ac
Add search engines for the Gemini Space
2021-03-10 18:38:56 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
d75c2877f5
Mention that Gowiki is only available in the US
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Thanks @zudn@theres.life
2021-03-10 15:25:36 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
9d75a5d681
Add mising description
2021-03-10 14:00:08 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
83e6689b83
New article: search engines with their own indexes
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Squashed commit of the following:
commit f04ef91062db25b73460de8c4f1f28
2021-03-10 13:48:19 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
5ea5ee72cb
Update some article tags
2021-03-10 12:51:44 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
0915928e21
Clarify why web components made Pale Moon migrate
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Clarify that WC aren't (strictly speaking) problematic; they're just too
complex for them to implement.
2021-03-02 23:19:42 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
2a87923bcc
Update FLOSS-related terminology
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New terminology (with a footnote for more background) reduces confusion
and clarifies the difference between different viewpoints in this space.
Thanks to RMS for providing feedback.
2021-03-02 23:04:04 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
2030e221d7
Add more details about image compression
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- Include a sample command
- Describe my approach to deciding on the level of compression/cropping
2021-02-28 13:33:24 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
7efe60a6bc
Stylistic fixes (minor)
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Nothing new, just re-phrasing and capitalization.
2021-02-28 12:52:48 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
fe12f0dc32
Add link to avifenc
2021-02-28 12:40:26 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
13db509ea3
Add idea for website testing: site translation
2021-02-28 12:34:59 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
07e19edbaf
Incorporate feedback from TWIM discussion
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This article received some good feedback from #twim:matrix.org in
Matrix. Some clarifications I made:
- @cos:hacklab.fi mentioned that Element/Synapse are open-source; I
opened the article by mentioning that FOSS alone isn't enough and
added a note on their complexity to the matrix/element case-study
- @sorunome:sorunome.de mentioned that there is no "reference
implementation" of Matrix; I rephrased a sentence to state that
Element "practically serves as the reference client implementation".
- Clarify that Element builds "most of" the spec instead of being in
charge of it; the Spec Core Team (SCT) is a different entity but is
made mostly of Element employees.
- Changed leaving implementations out of decisions to leaving
implementation feasibility out of decisions.
2021-02-26 12:54:56 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
3f31e90605
Link to follow-up post
2021-02-25 14:36:29 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
7077b37976
Small elaboration on Moxie's post + style fixes
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- Give a sentence its own paragraph since it had a different topic from
the rest of the paragraph
- s/really much/much/
- Add a little to describe Moxie's viewpoint, following some feedback I
got on IRC and Lobsters.
2021-02-24 12:32:42 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
e97107e852
Link to primary instead of secondary source
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Thanks shivaram for the feedback
2021-02-23 22:07:48 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
9a7d1c1872
Add missing acknowledgement
2021-02-23 15:06:01 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
0078cc895e
Gemtext formatting: missing line break
2021-02-23 12:05:11 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
25801afd42
New post: "Keeping platforms open"
2021-02-23 11:55:05 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
4f9250c69e
Add Spanish translation
2021-02-21 17:22:48 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
3d6fd9eb9b
Add new article translation (Romanian)
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Thanks, Licaon_Kter!
2021-02-13 20:14:57 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
727d6cca5e
Add Framablog's French translation
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Thank you so much, Framalang!
2021-02-04 10:49:02 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
93846a469b
Clarify that WhatsApp isn't unique
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The Hacker News discussion revealed that the article implies WhatsApp is
unique, when it really isn't. It was simply topical.
2021-01-31 22:16:44 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
51c84cebf1
Fix some insensitive Americentrism
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Didn't realize my unconscious bias. Thanks to bambax and elif on HN for
pointing that out.
2021-01-31 19:17:41 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
0caabb4e44
Link to Russian translation
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Thank you so much, Evgeny!
2021-01-30 15:40:57 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
81b9e58942
Add + respond to a good comment from @paulsnar
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Thanks for the feedback
2021-01-29 12:06:41 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
36a95f894a
Update preferred approach to image processing
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- Include AVIF
- Include dark/light variants if applicable
2021-01-28 13:10:40 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
790f7f70ef
Article update: mention brotli
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Brotli support is more prevalent than zstd
2021-01-28 12:20:23 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
d3055b270e
Add note on free calls increasing adoption
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Thanks to @ufrafecy@lemmy.ml for pointing that out.
2021-01-28 10:57:04 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
c0461ebfcb
Fix bullet formatting
2021-01-27 18:25:44 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
19bcadab01
Add a link to an archived copy of a tweet
2021-01-27 16:37:39 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
5bd359caf2
New article: WhatsApp & the domestication of users
2021-01-27 16:24:23 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
a078d6a9ee
Reformat markdown with mdfmt
2021-01-24 14:42:40 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
f8113605c2
Shorten alt-text to recommended <100 char limit
2021-01-20 15:47:27 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
10a29a8196
Mention exhaustive key searches
2021-01-17 23:59:09 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
6f610238f7
Explicitly clarify types of passwords
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Explicitly limit the scope of the article to just passwords used in
encryption/decryption.
2021-01-17 23:49:12 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
4d297de4ea
Allow adding a heading to the endnotes section
2021-01-17 17:18:02 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
4ed4e495f2
Gemtext fixes
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- Add link text
- Remove extraneous line break
2021-01-17 13:37:16 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
0085518b41
Re-word statement on not detailing crypto algos
2021-01-17 11:41:34 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
f22692d836
Fixed misconception about salting/hashing
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Clarify that salting + hashing isn't reversible by a naive brute-force
attack.
2021-01-17 10:47:21 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
56410531fe
Correct information regarding symmetric keys
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I forgot to add salt. Thanks u/RisenSteam.
2021-01-16 20:51:04 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
4c7eaf91f0
More in further reading/acknowledgements (+typo)
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- Add link to a paper by Seth Lloyd to "Further reading"
- Add a subheading to "Further reading" concerning approaches accounting
for computation speed.
- Elaborate on the part of Schneier's blog post that proved helpful.
- Revert typo fix in which I erroneously swapped + and -.
2021-01-16 15:41:49 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
fd15c33a72
Acknowledgements: link to Schneier's blog
2021-01-14 22:49:21 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
a87410e831
Link to TLDR at the top
2021-01-14 18:40:26 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
ad6d2078fe
Clarify the meaning of being "immune"
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As suggested by u/DragonCalypso on Reddit.
2021-01-14 15:13:02 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
7769286085
Typo + wrong name
2021-01-14 15:11:07 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
fd257cfd7e
Add sample unbreakable passwords
2021-01-13 14:27:44 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
f479d03733
Typo
2021-01-13 11:20:55 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
eb1a03f4be
Fix major typo (wrong sign, + -> -)
2021-01-12 23:16:36 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
069bedbb7b
Password strength article: shrink meta description
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A <meta> description should apparently be under 160 chars.
2021-01-12 22:05:05 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
b60b478281
Add link to Bremermann's limit
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Found via goldenkey on Hacker News.
2021-01-12 18:13:45 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
f2d4fe84ca
Fix bad link
2021-01-12 15:59:38 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
4c2c2802ba
New article: password strength
2021-01-12 15:32:35 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
2083f1aed5
Article update: include advice on avatar image
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Include info on using an avatar image/profile photo without
significantly increasing the footprint of a website, by re-using the
favicon image.
2020-12-29 22:34:35 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
8c63605d1a
Add 10 KB Club to web best practices article
2020-12-28 15:33:18 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
8fdee5d244
Include layout in web best practices
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Article update: decribe good layout in the website best practices
article.
2020-12-21 16:41:46 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
6331840d95
Fix bad link
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Sourcehut updated its per-object log URLs
2020-12-20 12:57:59 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
b9e4be50f5
Metadata: description + cache-bust manifest icons
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- Add a cache-busting fingerprint to all the icons in the webmanifest
- Add a <meta> and open graph tag for a description.
- Include a 512px icon in the manifest
2020-12-19 17:50:55 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
ac0ced6aac
Article fix: put <body> in backticks
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<body> was getting interpreted as an HTML tag instead of text.
2020-12-18 18:42:03 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
5e77a0d7f3
Use a smaller image in an article
2020-12-18 18:33:13 -08:00
rohan kumar
3368f8fea9
Update web best practices article: add testing
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- Add information about testing edge cases
- Re-word some long sentences
2020-12-16 18:53:24 -08:00
rohan kumar
d45926c0f4
CLS: Declare original image dimensions in HTML
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Reduce Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) by declaring original image
dimensions in HTML before re-scaling with CSS. This tells browsers the
image's aspect ratio before the image and the stylesheet load, allowing
browsers to block out space accordingly to avoid making elements "jump"
during loading.
More info: https://web.dev/optimize-cls/
2020-12-15 23:09:45 -08:00
rohan kumar
bab75dcebc
Clarify HTTP Observatory scores
2020-11-30 12:09:22 -08:00
rohan kumar
4907336d96
Add bit about alt-text, clarify page size
2020-11-30 12:04:21 -08:00
rohan kumar
46512c9046
Update with feedback on page size
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Added the Web Bloat Size Calculator and a snippet on how people on
trains experience a connection speed drops.
Thanks, u/Snapstromegon from Reddit!
2020-11-27 10:25:03 -08:00
rohan kumar
8e38c66243
Add pngquant to image compression section
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Thanks, arnt and vbernat!
2020-11-25 21:58:37 -08:00
rohan kumar
1ba46835be
Clarification on HTTP/2
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Thanks, reezer!
2020-11-25 16:36:40 -08:00
rohan kumar
b9207d17ea
Add max line length to web best practices article
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Thanks, u/_listless
2020-11-24 15:32:38 -08:00
rohan kumar
103a860528
Link to article changelog
2020-11-24 14:24:12 -08:00
rohan kumar
d24cdfb423
Link to MDN docs on CSS @media queries
2020-11-24 14:19:20 -08:00
rohan kumar
a1f517c61a
Clarify that branding isn't evil
2020-11-24 10:58:05 -08:00
rohan kumar
2d43a0ddc4
Clarify a snippet on overriding stylesheets
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We shouldn't require users to override stylesheets, but we should expect
it.
2020-11-24 10:53:22 -08:00
rohan kumar
8f47970379
More info about fingerprinting via fonts
2020-11-24 04:54:13 -08:00
rohan kumar
f1a56e9ec4
Explain why global stylesheet overrides are bad
2020-11-24 03:50:06 -08:00
rohan kumar
79b91972e7
Add more info on image optimization
2020-11-24 03:18:03 -08:00
rohan kumar
7ec5eab8eb
Clarify the controversial statement on font choice
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The lobste.rs discussion at
https://lobste.rs/s/akcw1m/opinionated_list_best_practices_for
generated a lot of feedback about fonts, so I thought I'd explain a bit
more.
2020-11-24 02:43:59 -08:00
rohan kumar
2cd686a4fb
Add gzip + http2 to website best practices
2020-11-24 02:27:17 -08:00
rohan kumar
6f937ac5a8
Clarify the point of using HTML->md convertors
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Thanks to some IRC users for pointing out how the rationale wasn't very
obvious
2020-11-24 01:59:22 -08:00
rohan kumar
e538b0df8e
Fix: s/white-on-black/black-on-white/
2020-11-23 22:56:18 -08:00
rohan kumar
839e6d5737
Update website best practices with color info
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Thanks to a couple IRC users for the feedback.
2020-11-23 19:00:31 -08:00
rohan kumar
dbab08560f
Fix: remove draft post status from gemlog entry
2020-11-23 17:13:48 -08:00
rohan kumar
18ff772d5f
New article: best practices for minimalistic websites
2020-11-23 15:51:57 -08:00
rohan kumar
910dd01346
Off-by-one error
2020-11-19 12:23:18 -08:00
rohan kumar
73591727c8
Fix date
2020-11-18 18:31:17 -08:00
rohan kumar
9fb0545ebc
New post: Resilient Git, part 1
2020-11-18 18:25:33 -08:00
rohan kumar
97ef147b69
New post: Git Workflow, part 0
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Thanks to my IRC buds for initial feedback
2020-11-17 13:54:22 -08:00
rohan kumar
4cd8387dd7
Fix outdated inaugaral gemini post
2020-11-05 15:48:35 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
d364a8fb9f
Batman!! (this commit has no parents)
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The sight of an animal using a JavaScript captivates Computer Scientists
and laymen alike, perhaps because it forces us to question some of our
ideas about human uniqueness.
Does the animal know how JavaScript works? Did it anticipate the need
for the tool and select it instead of Haskell or Zig?
To some, this fascination with JavaScript seems arbitrary and
anthropocentric; after all, animals engage in many other complex
activities, like Agile Planning and ordering Juice on the Internet.
However, we know that complex behaviour need not be cognitively
demanding.
JavaScript development can therefore provide a powerful window into the
minds of animals, and help us to learn what capacities we share with
them — and what might have changed to allow for the incontrovertibly
unique levels of technology shown by modern humans, such as integers and
block scope.
2020-11-03 15:52:34 -08:00
