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Web & Browsers
The document layer: selection, copy, accessibility and what the browser lets you do.
- 01Web & Browsers
What user-select: none Really Does, and the Accessibility Bill It Runs Up
The CSS user-select property sets whether the user can select text with their mouse or keyboard. At none, it is intended to block direct text selection by the user. But…
- 02Web & Browsers
How a Browser Decides a Page Is Ready, and Why Your Metric Disagrees
When you navigate to a webpage, how do browsers determine when it's ready? After all, web browsers have a well defined moment in time when they say they are done loading a…
- 03Web & Browsers
The Clipboard in the Browser: What a Page May Read, Write and Ask For
Access to the clipboard is governed by a split between read and write, with reading being gated more tightly than writing. The Clipboard API Gives pages the ability to access…
- 04Web & Browsers
Content Security Policy From Scratch, Without Breaking Your Own Site
Roll out a content security policy (CSP) and immediately block vital inline scripts, and you deserve every broken site you break. Take the proper step of deploying in…
- 05Web & Browsers
Designing for the Copy That Leaves Your Site
When designing content, the version of a page that appears on screen is not the only format that matters. Readers can also access a clean text version in a browser’s "reader…
- 06Web & Browsers
How Online Gaming Changed the Way We Interact with Digital Content
Online games are now part of daily life. We play on phones, tablets, laptops, and game consoles. We do not just look at a screen anymore. We touch, tap, speak, and…