Roderick Gadellaa
@rgadellaa.bsky.social
Designer, developer, all things creative. Has opinions, few facts.
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Blog: webventures.rejh.nl
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Roderick Gadellaa
@rgadellaa.bsky.social
· Nov 25
An Abridged History of Safari Showstoppers - Webventures
TL;DR: iOS Safari is more than an inconvenience for developers, it's the fundamental reason interoperability has been stymied in...
webventures.rejh.nl
🪲 An Abridged History of Safari Showstoppers
10 yrs of Safari showstopper bugs.
TL;DR: iOS Safari is more than an inconvenience for developers, it's the fundamental reason interoperability has been stymied in mobile ecosystems; ...
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webventures.rejh.nl/blog/2024/hi...
10 yrs of Safari showstopper bugs.
TL;DR: iOS Safari is more than an inconvenience for developers, it's the fundamental reason interoperability has been stymied in mobile ecosystems; ...
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webventures.rejh.nl/blog/2024/hi...
The Vergecast:
"iPad just isn't the same as a mac", and all that.
Then Nilay asks "What does a mac represent to you?"
David: "Desktop-class browsers."
Nilay: "You want Chrome! You want Chrome and Electron apps!"
In other words: competing browser engines on i(Pad)OS.
youtu.be/Br00gLOtB-c?...
"iPad just isn't the same as a mac", and all that.
Then Nilay asks "What does a mac represent to you?"
David: "Desktop-class browsers."
Nilay: "You want Chrome! You want Chrome and Electron apps!"
In other words: competing browser engines on i(Pad)OS.
youtu.be/Br00gLOtB-c?...
Bring back the iBook, you cowards | The Vergecast
YouTube video by The Verge
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Vergecast:
"iPad just isn't the same as a mac", and all that.
Then Nilay asks "What does a mac represent to you?"
David: "Desktop-class browsers."
Nilay: "You want Chrome! You want Chrome and Electron apps!"
In other words: competing browser engines on i(Pad)OS.
youtu.be/Br00gLOtB-c?...
"iPad just isn't the same as a mac", and all that.
Then Nilay asks "What does a mac represent to you?"
David: "Desktop-class browsers."
Nilay: "You want Chrome! You want Chrome and Electron apps!"
In other words: competing browser engines on i(Pad)OS.
youtu.be/Br00gLOtB-c?...
Reposted by Roderick Gadellaa
🤩 There’s a very – VERY! – exciting animations/performance change available in Chrome Canary:
Under the right conditions, `width`/`height` animations will no longer automatically force a Main Thread animation, but can be allowed to run on the Compositor.
Under the right conditions, `width`/`height` animations will no longer automatically force a Main Thread animation, but can be allowed to run on the Compositor.
a close up of a person wearing sunglasses with the words `` wait , what ? ''
ALT: a close up of a person wearing sunglasses with the words `` wait , what ? ''
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🤩 There’s a very – VERY! – exciting animations/performance change available in Chrome Canary:
Under the right conditions, `width`/`height` animations will no longer automatically force a Main Thread animation, but can be allowed to run on the Compositor.
Under the right conditions, `width`/`height` animations will no longer automatically force a Main Thread animation, but can be allowed to run on the Compositor.
Reposted by Roderick Gadellaa
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and HTML, has expressed support for compelling Apple to allow other browser engines on iOS. He also states that having a powerful browser on iOS would "change the dynamic" with respect to web app's viability on mobile.
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Tim Berners-Lee On Apple’s Browser Engine Ban and Web Apps - Open Web Advocacy
open-web-advocacy.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and HTML, has expressed support for compelling Apple to allow other browser engines on iOS. He also states that having a powerful browser on iOS would "change the dynamic" with respect to web app's viability on mobile.
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[NL] Zaken doen met PvdA/GL? Nee, want "inhoud".
Zakendoen met PVV en FVD? Hebben we al gedaan en/of sluiten we niet uit.
decorrespondent.nl/16543/abortu...
Zakendoen met PVV en FVD? Hebben we al gedaan en/of sluiten we niet uit.
decorrespondent.nl/16543/abortu...
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
[NL] Zaken doen met PvdA/GL? Nee, want "inhoud".
Zakendoen met PVV en FVD? Hebben we al gedaan en/of sluiten we niet uit.
decorrespondent.nl/16543/abortu...
Zakendoen met PVV en FVD? Hebben we al gedaan en/of sluiten we niet uit.
decorrespondent.nl/16543/abortu...
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Reposted by Roderick Gadellaa
Bruce Lawson's personal site
» Tim Berners-Lee on Apple’s WebKit monopoly
brucelawson.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
@timbl.bsky.social on Decoder with Nilay Patel:
"[...] One of the arguments I've heard for why Apple will not allow other browser engines [on iOS] is that they can artificially restrict WebKit [...]"
🔥
pca.st/episode/248e...
Via elk.zone/social.vival...
"[...] One of the arguments I've heard for why Apple will not allow other browser engines [on iOS] is that they can artificially restrict WebKit [...]"
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pca.st/episode/248e...
Via elk.zone/social.vival...
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
@timbl.bsky.social on Decoder with Nilay Patel:
"[...] One of the arguments I've heard for why Apple will not allow other browser engines [on iOS] is that they can artificially restrict WebKit [...]"
🔥
pca.st/episode/248e...
Via elk.zone/social.vival...
"[...] One of the arguments I've heard for why Apple will not allow other browser engines [on iOS] is that they can artificially restrict WebKit [...]"
🔥
pca.st/episode/248e...
Via elk.zone/social.vival...
Reposted by Roderick Gadellaa
This week's Web Weekly is just about to hit all the inboxes. And, as usual, it's jam-packed!
Check it out if you want to know what's happening in the Frontend and browser world. 👇
www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-wee...
Check it out if you want to know what's happening in the Frontend and browser world. 👇
www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-wee...
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This week's Web Weekly is just about to hit all the inboxes. And, as usual, it's jam-packed!
Check it out if you want to know what's happening in the Frontend and browser world. 👇
www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-wee...
Check it out if you want to know what's happening in the Frontend and browser world. 👇
www.stefanjudis.com/blog/web-wee...
No you don't need an app on your phone to buy things? They have a website, FFS.
(The same goes for the PS Store app, btw)
(The same goes for the PS Store app, btw)
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 AM
No you don't need an app on your phone to buy things? They have a website, FFS.
(The same goes for the PS Store app, btw)
(The same goes for the PS Store app, btw)
Reposted by Roderick Gadellaa
75 years ago today, European nations signed this Convention, so the Holocaust could not be repeated. Beware those who want this to end.
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
75 years ago today, European nations signed this Convention, so the Holocaust could not be repeated. Beware those who want this to end.
Reposted by Roderick Gadellaa
It's coming in Safari 26.2!
November 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reposted by Roderick Gadellaa
The 🇬🇧UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially designated Apple as having Strategic Market Status (SMS). After four years investigating Apple’s restrictions on browser engines and web apps, the CMA now has statutory authority to enforce a code of conduct.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The 🇬🇧UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially designated Apple as having Strategic Market Status (SMS). After four years investigating Apple’s restrictions on browser engines and web apps, the CMA now has statutory authority to enforce a code of conduct.
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Reposted by Roderick Gadellaa
We often hear that folks want "wrap detection" in CSS (i.e. when a flex item shifts into a position where it wraps over to the next line)
What is a real-world example of a use-case you would need this for?
What is a real-world example of a use-case you would need this for?
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We often hear that folks want "wrap detection" in CSS (i.e. when a flex item shifts into a position where it wraps over to the next line)
What is a real-world example of a use-case you would need this for?
What is a real-world example of a use-case you would need this for?
It's wild that mobile apps are so entrenched that even the EFF doesn't pause and ask "waitaminute, we haven't really had this problem on desktop for decades... now what invisible force has kept those platforms in check all these years??"
No mention of the web or PWAs? What the actual EFF?
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
/cc @open-web-advocacy.org
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
/cc @open-web-advocacy.org
Application Gatekeeping: An Ever-Expanding Pathway to Internet Censorship
Apple and Google use their app stores to shape what apps you can and cannot have on devices, but now more governments—including the U.S. government—are using legal and extralegal tools to lean on thes...
www.eff.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
It's wild that mobile apps are so entrenched that even the EFF doesn't pause and ask "waitaminute, we haven't really had this problem on desktop for decades... now what invisible force has kept those platforms in check all these years??"
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has designated Apple as having Strategic Market Status. They now have statutory authority to enforce remedies proposed in its Market Investigation Reference.
OWA dives into what that means for browsers and web apps.
open-web-advocacy.org/blog/what-ap...
OWA dives into what that means for browsers and web apps.
open-web-advocacy.org/blog/what-ap...
What Apple’s UK Strategic Market Status Designation means for Browsers and Web Apps - Open Web Advocacy
open-web-advocacy.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has designated Apple as having Strategic Market Status. They now have statutory authority to enforce remedies proposed in its Market Investigation Reference.
OWA dives into what that means for browsers and web apps.
open-web-advocacy.org/blog/what-ap...
OWA dives into what that means for browsers and web apps.
open-web-advocacy.org/blog/what-ap...
[NL] Even wat reflectie op de verkiezingen vanuit De Correspondent... 🧵
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIZZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIZZ...
De democratie staat deze verkiezingen op het spel
YouTube video by De Correspondent
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
[NL] Even wat reflectie op de verkiezingen vanuit De Correspondent... 🧵
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIZZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIZZ...
November 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Reposted by Roderick Gadellaa
In my opinion, any SWE writing client-side JavaScript has a responsibility to understand the Event Loop.
@jakearchibald.com’s ‘In The Loop’ talk is required watching: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCOL...
(cited by @andydavies.me at #perfnow)
@jakearchibald.com’s ‘In The Loop’ talk is required watching: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCOL...
(cited by @andydavies.me at #perfnow)
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
In my opinion, any SWE writing client-side JavaScript has a responsibility to understand the Event Loop.
@jakearchibald.com’s ‘In The Loop’ talk is required watching: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCOL...
(cited by @andydavies.me at #perfnow)
@jakearchibald.com’s ‘In The Loop’ talk is required watching: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCOL...
(cited by @andydavies.me at #perfnow)
Reposted by Roderick Gadellaa
Neat lil learning from today’s @perfnow.nl (via Umar Hansa):
You can now throttle individual requests in Chrome!
Neat for experimenting with stuff like
- lazy-loading: does the UI look okay if this chunk takes MUCH longer to arrive
- resilience: what happens if this specific CDN is extremely slow
You can now throttle individual requests in Chrome!
Neat for experimenting with stuff like
- lazy-loading: does the UI look okay if this chunk takes MUCH longer to arrive
- resilience: what happens if this specific CDN is extremely slow
October 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Neat lil learning from today’s @perfnow.nl (via Umar Hansa):
You can now throttle individual requests in Chrome!
Neat for experimenting with stuff like
- lazy-loading: does the UI look okay if this chunk takes MUCH longer to arrive
- resilience: what happens if this specific CDN is extremely slow
You can now throttle individual requests in Chrome!
Neat for experimenting with stuff like
- lazy-loading: does the UI look okay if this chunk takes MUCH longer to arrive
- resilience: what happens if this specific CDN is extremely slow
Ah, just in time for while I wait for day 2 of #perfnow to kick off:
www.lorenstew.art/blog/10-kanb...
www.lorenstew.art/blog/10-kanb...
I Built the Same App 10 Times: Evaluating Frameworks for Mobile Performance | Loren Stewart
I needed to choose a framework for a mobile-first app at work. I started comparing Next.js, SolidStart, and SvelteKit, then expanded to 10 frameworks. The measurements revealed dramatic differences in...
www.lorenstew.art
October 31, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Ah, just in time for while I wait for day 2 of #perfnow to kick off:
www.lorenstew.art/blog/10-kanb...
www.lorenstew.art/blog/10-kanb...
October 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Reposted by Roderick Gadellaa
Hierarchy of performance:
HTML > CSS >>>>>>>> JS
HTML > CSS >>>>>>>> JS
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hierarchy of performance:
HTML > CSS >>>>>>>> JS
HTML > CSS >>>>>>>> JS
I've completely refactored and (hopefully? 😅) improved my blog! 🍾
* Lots of under-the-hood changes
* Should look and feel the same-ish
* CUBE CSS (or something like it)
* Improved a11y (but please @ me!)
webventures.rejh.nl
* Lots of under-the-hood changes
* Should look and feel the same-ish
* CUBE CSS (or something like it)
* Improved a11y (but please @ me!)
webventures.rejh.nl
Home - Webventures
To boldly go where countless others have gone before.
webventures.rejh.nl
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I've completely refactored and (hopefully? 😅) improved my blog! 🍾
* Lots of under-the-hood changes
* Should look and feel the same-ish
* CUBE CSS (or something like it)
* Improved a11y (but please @ me!)
webventures.rejh.nl
* Lots of under-the-hood changes
* Should look and feel the same-ish
* CUBE CSS (or something like it)
* Improved a11y (but please @ me!)
webventures.rejh.nl