Bruce Lawson’s Blog
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I'm a 50-ish-year-old guy living in Birmingham U.K. I've a first-class degree in English literature, a career in education and setting up the computer book publishing house "glasshaus" behind me. I was a member of the Web Standards Project's Accessibility Task Force. Explore my insights and designs on web accessibility along with my songs, and the photos and stories from..
Bruce Lawson’s Blog
17h ago
Two years after opening its Market Investigation into mobile browsers, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has released its provisional report. From the summary of provisional decision (the full report is a 600 page document!): The independent inquiry group appointed for this market investigation has provisionally found that a number of markets relating to browsers ..read more
Bruce Lawson’s Blog
5d ago
This reading list is brought to you courtesy of Vivaldi browser (subject of this very thorough independent review, including an interview with Yours Truly!) who pay me a respectable salary and don’t moan when I read stuff I’m interested in. The rebellion will be federated – “I will be thinking: what do the Big Tech ..read more
Bruce Lawson’s Blog
2w ago
The Reading List is supported by Vivaldi browser, who give me a reasonable salary yet don’t beat me around the head when I read interesting stuff when I should be bolting the networking stack onto browser engines. We recently released a brand new Vivaldi for desktops and mobile with new UI, UX and sexy features ..read more
Bruce Lawson’s Blog
3w ago
In this podcast series, I interview people from across different communities and industries who, in their own way, are fighting for a better web. In this episode, my guest is Evan Prodromou, Research Director of the newly-launched Social Web Foundation. We discuss interconnected social networks and ActivityPub, the open standard that Evan co-authored which enables ..read more
Bruce Lawson’s Blog
1M ago
With all the excitement of the launch of Vivaldi 7 and speaking to 750 people in Utrecht, I somehow forgot to post the second episode of my For A Better Web podcast, in which I chatted with glamorous John Ozbay, founder of Cryptee, a privacy-preserving photo and notes Progressive Web App from Estonia, about Privacy ..read more
Bruce Lawson’s Blog
1M ago
The Reading List is supported by Vivaldi browser, who give me a reasonable salary yet don’t beat me around the head when I read interesting stuff when I should be bolting the networking stack onto browser engines. We just released a brand new Vivaldi for desktops with new UI, UX and sexy features – give ..read more
Bruce Lawson’s Blog
1M ago
The Reading List is supported by Vivaldi browser, who give me a reasonable salary yet don’t beat me around the head when I read interesting stuff when I should be bolting the networking stack onto browser engines. Studies show that using Vivaldi can increase your gorgeousness by up to 78.6 IGUs (ISO Gorgeousness Units). OpenFreeMap ..read more
Bruce Lawson’s Blog
2M ago
An Abridged History of Safari Showstoppers – not the mere niggles, but the absolute cesspit explosions. By Roderick Gadellaa, who has seen things you people wouldn’t believe; IndexedDBs on fire off the shoulder of Orion. Scrolling bugs glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. Paul Graham and the Cult of the Founder – “‘Founder ..read more
Bruce Lawson’s Blog
3M ago
The Reading List is supported by Vivaldi browser, who give me a reasonable salary yet don’t beat me around the head when I read interesting stuff when I should be bolting the networking stack onto browser engines. Studies show that using Vivaldi can increase your gorgeousness by up to 78.6 IGUs (ISO Gorgeousness Units). Apple ..read more
Bruce Lawson’s Blog
3M ago
The Reading List is supported by Vivaldi browser, who give me a reasonable salary yet don’t beat me around the head when I read interesting stuff when I should be bolting the networking stack onto browser engines. Yesterday saw the release of Vivaldi 6.9 for desktop, which contains no fewer than THREE features I requested ..read more