373 commits

Author	SHA1	Message	Date
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