482 commits

Author	SHA1	Message	Date
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	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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. ... - 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	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	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	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	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	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 ... - 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	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	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	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 ... 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	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	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	727d6cca5e	Add Framablog's French translation ... Thank you so much, Framalang!	2021-02-04 10:49:02 -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
Rohan Kumar	51c84cebf1	Fix some insensitive Americentrism ... 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 ... Thank you so much, Evgeny!	2021-01-30 15:40:57 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	81b9e58942	Add + respond to a good comment from @paulsnar ... Thanks for the feedback	2021-01-29 12:06:41 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	36a95f894a	Update preferred approach to image processing ... - Include AVIF - Include dark/light variants if applicable	2021-01-28 13:10:40 -08:00
Rohan Kumar	790f7f70ef	Article update: mention brotli ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... - 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 ... 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 ... 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) ... - 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" ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... Article update: decribe good layout in the website best practices article.	2020-12-21 16:41:46 -08:00