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They Live 2 years ago

Watched it last year. The premise is great, but I thought that the acting was very poor.

But is it really worth fixing these things? What do you achieve by spending time and money to fix these details, other than making users slightly less annoyed by your design? Maybe these details are not fixed because they don’t really matter that much. Have you ever stopped using an app because a button or icon was slightly misaligned?

Explain like I’m five: Why do these modern electric helicopters have many small rotors, but traditional helicopters have only one big horizontal rotor? If many small rotors is more efficient, why haven’t non-electric helicopters done it?

“UPDATE: Previously, Apple announced plans to remove the Home Screen web apps capability in the EU as part of our efforts to comply with the DMA. The need to remove the capability was informed by the complex security and privacy concerns associated with web apps to support alternative browser engines that would require building a new integration architecture that does not currently exist in iOS.

We have received requests to continue to offer support for Home Screen web apps in iOS, therefore we will continue to offer the existing Home Screen web apps capability in the EU. This support means Home Screen web apps continue to be built directly on WebKit and its security architecture, and align with the security and privacy model for native apps on iOS.

Developers and users who may have been impacted by the removal of Home Screen web apps in the beta release of iOS in the EU can expect the return of the existing functionality for Home Screen web apps with the availability of iOS 17.4 in early March.”

Hm, it looks like all Chromium-based browsers, including Edge, Brave, and Samsung Internet, use Google’s endpoint for web push subscriptions. Is that true? If yes, is that a potential privacy issue?

What would you recommend in this case? MacBook Pro. Most of the time, it’s plugged in because I use it at my desk, so why would I use the battery unnecessarily when the power outlet is right there, and the laptop is stationary. But that means that the battery is “fully charged” most of the time. Is that bad? Would it be better if it didn’t go above 80% most of the time?

I browse the the web on desktop with JavaScript disabled by default. The demo works. I don’t even need to know what enhancement are added with JavaScript. The basic HTML version is perfectly fine.

Browsers should provide text input recovery, at least short term. Even a 15-minute storage would be enough for the most common use-cases.

For example, if I attempt to submit a form, but the website errors out, I should be able to reload the page, right-click the input, and click something like “Recover input” in the context menu.