534 commits

Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Rohan Kumar	9ba563d868	Rephrasings, inc. more clear link names ... Minor rephrasings of some stuff, partially to improve link names (a11y)	2022-04-07 15:42:09 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	069dca0a06	New subsection on cache, semantic code snippets ... Add "Don't count on the cache" under the "Optimal loading" section. Some semantics for code snippets, including switching some from <code> to <samp>.	2022-04-06 23:42:10 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	89f04e2f31	Fix structured data	2022-04-06 23:14:13 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	fb3312eaed	Update bloopish URL	2022-04-06 22:02:24 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	c0d511b7c9	Mark up and widen code snippets	2022-04-06 19:02:17 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	aab9356cf2	New section on spacing, other additions ... - Mention checking privacy policies for 3p content - Elaborate on more mainstream examples of color overrides - Link to CSS WG docs instead of MDN for prefers-contrast since they're more detailed. - Specify that I'm just removing margins in <figure> elements for quotations.	2022-04-06 17:49:19 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	ba637cf1db	Add obligatory privacy policy ... TLDR: I don't collect anything except for default access logs purged every other day	2022-04-04 19:20:14 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	27ccfaca7b	Add info on non-breaing spaces.	2022-04-04 19:17:52 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	48a18e22c5	Improve narrow-screen and mobile compat ... Add soft hyphens to search engines and homepage. But search engine list items in paragraphs to use the user-agent's preferred paragraph spacing.	2022-04-04 19:12:46 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	2f960ca7ec	Better linking, mention DPUB-ARIA, more infscroll ... - Annotate links to PDFs and JS-mandatory content - Add note on dpub-aria to the reading-mode section - Fix a bad link	2022-04-04 18:11:50 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	8e2e1f9cc5	More information on image transcripts ... - Add quote describing how blind readers struggle to find non-semantic context - Mention that longdesc is deprecated by simple hyperlinks. Describe an alternative. - Transcripts are necessary for machine translation - Improve alt-text used alongside an image transcript	2022-04-04 15:46:04 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	f3b2c3ffa6	Rephrasing: better + inclusive use of prepositions ... Follow https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-communication/inclusive-language-words-to-use-and-avoid-when-writing-about-disability to mention disabilities directly with adjectives rather than prepositions. Fix my over-use of "with" by using more appropriate prepositions.	2022-04-03 21:10:16 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	73215343ca	Remove obsolete longdesc	2022-04-03 20:53:13 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	b1e7b65e02	Re-organize and clarify some things ... - Re-phrase a line referring to a previous section; after some re-arrangements, that section is no longer a "previous" section. - Replace spatial terminology ("bottom") with sequential terminology ("end") - Add note on font enumeration without the Font Access API - Acknowledge testing in grayscale but emphasize that it isn't enough. - Move defense of link underlines to just after the section on custom colors, since it's more relevant to it. - Add xkcd image into the page instead of just linking, since the linked page content is an image that doesn't include a transcript or descriptive alt-text. - Trivial rephrasings	2022-04-03 19:34:45 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	e5b0963d4f	Typos	2022-04-03 19:18:33 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	05a71fec3d	More accessible article layout ... - Make sure that headings don't have the same name as any links, to avoid creating links with similar names but different purposes - Remove useless <aside> elements that wrap landmarks. - Move TOC down a bit, after the intro.	2022-04-03 16:03:22 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	cef17cef0f	Expand image optimization section ... - Elaborate on each image optimization tool - Mention using GNU Parallel or squoosh.app - Describe libavif with libaom+butteraugli and the YUV400 color space - Why you should avoid srcsets based on viewport or display properties - Fix code snippet for <picture> sample Threw in some formatting and very minor phrasing fixes.	2022-04-03 13:48:34 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	ec80c3b000	Reflect this site's CSS improvements ... See parent commit 60bf9110b9 Link: 60bf9110b9	2022-04-03 23:55:04 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	85523c90e5	Add info to color contrast and img optim ... - Elaborate on how contrast needs to be maintained under different conditions like different screens, gamma adjustments, and color blindnesses - Add my skepticism about progressive decoding.	2022-04-02 17:46:35 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	1ecf099145	Elaborate on motivation in intro	2022-04-01 18:59:21 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	cd009197a9	Elaborate on speculative preloading with note on analytics	2022-03-31 18:42:50 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	9fbf3f5138	Mention BBR congestion, streamline quotation citations.	2022-03-31 18:42:13 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	6bb659b2cf	Add TCP-aware opim, reorg ... Describe round-trip aware optimization Move some sections around to flow better.	2022-03-31 18:34:53 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	eb8bb710fc	Layout-shift-avoidance, mention zoom and size-adjustment. ... - Describe how to calculate intrinsic side to avoid layout-shifts caused by CSS Containment - Mention use of relative font sizes. - Replace incorrect use of the word "inline" when describing images.	2022-03-31 18:09:40 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	a5b8b5acc9	Introduce css containment for deferring rendering ... As alternative to lazy loading.	2022-03-31 17:48:58 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	c21a21ea99	Add acknowledgements, note on justified text ... - Say justified alignment is bad - Add acknowledgements to the further-reading section - Formatting in intro	2022-03-30 22:12:16 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	4d0851969e	Fix some invalid HTML	2022-03-30 21:02:39 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	5a4510765c	Elaborate on dark themes, cite WAI, cleanup ... - Cite WAI more - Mention merit of dark image variants - Fix shitty ARIA - use a <dl> list in one place. - Describe use of `prefers-contrast: less` - Narrow screen fixes.	2022-03-30 17:47:13 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	cd622cc85c	Clean up introduction and some phrasing. ... - Give the intro a heading - Make the preface an <aside> with a "doc-preface" DPUB-ARIA role - Move the TOC before the intro - Give the TOC a "doc-toc" DPUB-ARIA role - Provide a TLDR	2022-03-29 19:43:07 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	43a4a6bb1a	Clarify some details about figures, other deets ... - Mention that captions can be repositioned relative to figure content - Edit my captions in light of that fact - Add unformatted/plain-text agents to "future work" - Lowercase a heading	2022-03-29 18:29:07 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	689b6bcc3a	New "Beyond alt-text" section, short viewports ... Describe how to best include images and figures in a way that flows well and is accessible to both sighted and non-sighted users. Describe how sticky elements can be a usability hazard on short viewports - Add changefreq - Clean up structured data for quotations - Add more sample unorthodox tests TODO: dark image variant of image in new "Beyond alt-text" section	2022-03-29 18:26:22 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	df8ba551ff	Add TOC, reduce update freq	2022-03-29 18:19:04 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	3a639537b3	Info about csp, halation ... - Mention pitfalls of a <meta>-based CSP - Describe halation a bit more, with an image.	2022-03-28 18:11:55 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	741dc6ed81	Add some info from Fedi and elsewhere ... Fediverse users gave good feedback, and I found other info elsewhere. - Avoid the system-ui font - Re-clarify article scope (textual websites) - Mention dynamic content injection - Describe saving pages offline - Mention pictures of text versus narrow viewports - Remove unnecessary info on why i removed margins from figures - Mention indentation in preformatted code - Describe appropriate size ranges for inlining images. - Mention possibility of reporting issues in reading mode section - Add info on screen readers changing kb nav to "future updates" - Add info on special keyboard-driven browsers to "future updates" - Describe best-practices for alt-text, figcaptions, and briefly mention transcripts. - Add a conclusion Also fix anchors for headings containing HTML entities and some minor fixes throughout.	2022-03-28 14:56:42 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	cd730698c8	s/most/half/	2022-03-27 21:04:53 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	312ff228db	Mention and accomodate dyscalculia	2022-03-27 17:32:52 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	d2757f99c5	Details for anti-pagination and Tor a11y ... - Pagination hurts searchability - Tor users can't change media queries, so make the site accessible by default.	2022-03-27 17:30:21 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	ccce5c94a9	Inline nav links in print media	2022-03-27 17:24:07 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	6b67668291	Mention inclusive design, tap targets	2022-03-27 17:24:05 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	b0d3189c84	Improve printer-friendliness ... Make max line widths only apply to the "screen" media type.	2022-03-27 17:21:13 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	cb0e8a4be9	Mention some suggestions from Fedi ... Future updates: add braille displays & clear lang. Testing: mention zoom levels and caret navigation.	2022-03-27 17:19:13 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	14ec9c4d2c	Update Fairsearch info ... Thanks Dmitry!	2022-03-27 13:21:50 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	6048e66d1b	Add info on line length ... Introduce a bit more nuance into the WCAG's requirements.	2022-03-27 11:18:25 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	3df423336c	Balance indentation's problems against benefits ... Describe how they help users with hand tremors avoid selecting interactive elements.	2022-03-27 11:16:48 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	07a1b0fb06	Typo	2022-03-27 11:03:10 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	5e93b9d11a	More additions ... - Mention calculation of font metrics - Add related issues to lazy loading - Justify importance of dark themes - Trivial formatting tweak in a <pre> block - Mention OCSP stapling, 0-RTT - Spelling/grammar help machine translation - Add more details to "future work" section - Acknowledge Axess Lab	2022-03-26 16:44:57 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	6a42905002	Typos and fixes ... - Hyperlink "h-card" on the Web version of the page - Forgot to pluralize a word - s/phrasing/non-phrasing/	2022-03-26 16:39:24 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	ceb19c9308	Re-org web best practices article ... - 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... "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 ... - 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 ... - 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 ... 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 ... - 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 ... - 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 ... In response to the flood of traffic I got after DuckDuckGo's announcement.	2022-03-10 15:29:00 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	f8718e68f3	Add Fediring Orbit to gemini capsule	2022-03-08 22:19:50 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	f589e3f306	Make homepage h-card representative	2022-03-08 12:11:18 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	3e290a08db	Add GMX and Fireball	2022-03-07 22:44:34 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	4b6cfbb9ed	Add bookmarks page ... Pulls content exported from Buku, so I don't have to commit every time I add a bookmark. Since I added another nav item, I had to adjust the navbar css.	2022-03-07 22:40:26 -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 ... Add Semantic Scholar and Secret Search Engine Labs.	2022-03-01 00:35:54 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	d4266900c8	Typo ... Right on the homepage. Damn.	2022-02-28 13:50:22 -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 ... 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	e06c33d2f9	Improve meta description	2022-02-28 02:30:58 -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 ... 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	0fc698cdff	Add missing description	2022-02-26 17:18:31 -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. ... - 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 ... - 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 ... - 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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	b2639c2596	Fix closing tags ... Fix missing closing tags, or closing tags placed out of order.	2022-02-19 15:20:16 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	c03af0eacc	Use new "indieweb-person" shortcode ... 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	4feeb7ef0f	Fix typo, add microdata	2022-02-18 00:42:17 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	bdc302aafd	Fix nav data ... - Uppercase - Add standard metada to "about" page.	2022-02-16 21:25:34 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	e9ace710eb	New search engine: Siik ... 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	a894a32b5c	Fix some microdata	2022-02-15 11:25:32 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	48103805a5	Update Infotiger info ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... - 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 ... 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	cf86ee64db	New secondary matrix account	2022-02-04 13:19:47 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	e027d82b52	Add more info about fuzzing ... - 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 ... 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 ... 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	fdec7951fe	Fix resume ... Fix some resume details and put its file in a subdir.	2022-01-05 16:02:47 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	82036d0df9	Fix PGP link	2021-12-28 11:26:49 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	17c3fb568d	Add translation of whatsapp article	2021-12-13 15:26:03 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	4fdc39c7e7	Don't hyperlink my old mxid	2021-12-01 22:03:13 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	385a18bbd9	Link to MOAC in blog post	2021-12-01 22:01:21 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	fb36ad9587	Migrate matrix account, update profile	2021-11-29 22:36:43 -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 ... - 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 ... Add information on restricting site functionality. Add some details on accomodating Tor users.	2021-07-31 17:36:18 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	9e3a6f328b	Update "about" page: age, anime faves ... According to multiple sources, Seirdy apparently turned 21 a while ago. Also added an entry to anime fave list. Rephrase statement on Matrix availability.	2021-07-14 12:43:23 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	02dc7822ec	Web best practices: dark themes: Mention OLEDs ... 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 ... - 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	fd7b59e576	Update homepage	2021-06-27 18:51:25 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	da87f981a2	Web best practices: link to two other places ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... - 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 ... 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 ... - 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 ... Turns out there's a valid reason to use FLoC.	2021-06-11 15:08:29 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	02b2345e83	Update search engines ... - Add ChatNoir, Ninfex - Mark Runnaroo as discontinued	2021-05-29 15:57:12 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	0b72929cfd	Clarify IRC networks I'm on	2021-05-29 00:58:00 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	7bfd5a1538	Fix PGP ID name ... Key unchanged, just change the name I gave it.	2021-05-20 23:11:18 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	3cb61af6e7	New search engine: "Infotiger"	2021-05-12 11:27:06 -07:00
Rohan Kumar	5374e18afc	Gemini: Add a link to a Gemini orbit	2021-04-29 12:27:43 -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 ... 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 ... - 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... - 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... Squashed commit of the following: commit f04ef91062 Author: Rohan Kumar <seirdy@seirdy.one> Date: Wed Mar 10 13:47:35 2021 -0800 Final draft commit db25b73460 Author: Rohan Kumar <seirdy@seirdy.one> Date: Wed Mar 10 13:37:35 2021 -0800 Add gemtext version commit de8c4f1f28 Author: Rohan Kumar <seirdy@seirdy.one> Date: Wed Mar 10 12:52:20 2021 -0800 New article (draft): search engines	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	09676af2ca	Fix some site headings	2021-03-10 12:50:57 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	0915928e21	Clarify why web components made Pale Moon migrate ... 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 ... 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 ... - 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) ... 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 ... 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 ... - 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 ... Thanks shivaram for the feedback	2021-02-23 22:07:48 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	a189305ee4	Indieweb: support legacy microformats v1	2021-02-23 15:12:54 -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) ... Thanks, Licaon_Kter!	2021-02-13 20:14:57 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	c54743e740	Update resume	2021-02-10 19:45:04 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	727d6cca5e	Add Framablog's French translation ... Thank you so much, Framalang!	2021-02-04 10:49:02 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	b9d9241f3b	Add selected projects to "About" page	2021-02-03 15:33:52 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	93846a469b	Clarify that WhatsApp isn't unique ... 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