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Want to improve Developer Tools in Microsoft Edge? File an issue on Github

Today we released a new GitHub repository for the Developer Tools in Microsoft Edge where you can file issues about problems, bugs and feattures you would like to see. You can also view the list of existing issues and add your comments. There’s an official blog post on the Microsoft Edge blog but here’s why […]

Showing different titles depending if the tab is active or not

I just encountered a sneaky thing I had not seen, although it probably worked in 1999 already. A web site was showing a different title on the tab, depending on it being active or not. The whole trick is to use the blur and focus event handlers on the window to change the title. window.onblur […]

Sending email notifications from GitHub organisations to different emails

I’m part of a few organisations on GitHub and had one email address for notifications. This annoyed me as I didn’t want company notifications to my personal account as I couldn’t answer these. As it turns out, you can set up several email addresses in your GitHub account. In settings, go to Access > Emails […]

A launch.json setting for end-to-end web development

When I start a new project these days I create the following launch.json file and put in in a .vscode folder on the the root of my project. This turns Visual Studio Code into an environment that gives me everything I need to build a web product without ever leaving it. If you want to […]

Ever wondered what a Wordle social media update sounds to screenreader users?

It’s not pretty. This isn’t a dig at Skoop, he was just first on my timeline with a result when I did some accessibility testing. Screenreaders read out the squares as “black large square”, “green square” and “yellow square”. As a saving grace, they cleverly do group them, so four yellow squares are announces as […]