Hacker News with Generative AI: Web Standards

Join the W3C Exploration Interest Group: where standards start (w3.org)
You know the feeling. You’re in a product meeting, skimming GitHub issues, or catching up on another EU regulatory proposal, and you realize there’s something missing in how we’re building for the web. Maybe it’s a technical shortfall, maybe it’s a user experience no one’s nailed yet, or maybe it’s a whole category of use case the current standards aren’t touching with a ten-foot pole.

Web Standards, Web Development, Technology, Collaboration

59 points by pentagrama 4 days ago | 20 comments

Updated W3C Recommendation: ePub 3.3 (w3.org)
The Publishing Maintenance Working Group has published an updated EPUB 3.3 Recommendation. EPUB® 3 defines a distribution and interchange format for digital publications and documents.

Publishing, Web Standards, Digital Publishing, ePUB

4 points by Kerrick 30 days ago | 0 comments

Implications of Global Privacy Control (mozilla.org)
Privacy has been a focal point for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) for the last few years, with their release of their Privacy Principles and browser vendors working on what host of tools should replace third-party cookies. It makes sense, then, that the Global Privacy Control (GPC) has gained traction and is on a standards track, with the Privacy Working Group having recently published the first working draft.

Privacy, Web Standards, Technology, Browser Development, User Privacy

73 points by danielskogly 41 days ago | 45 comments

WASM Wayland Web (WWW) (joeyh.name)
So there are only 2 web browser engines, and it seems likely there will soon only be 1, and making a whole new web browser from the ground up is effectively impossible because the browsers vendors have weaponized web standards complexity against any newcomers. Maybe eventually someone will succeed and there will be 2 again. Best case. What a situation.

Web Browsers, Web Standards, Open Source

254 points by todsacerdoti 57 days ago | 213 comments

Browser spec to eventually replace GDPR and cookie banners (w3c.github.io)
This document defines a signal, transmitted over HTTP and through the DOM, that conveys a person's request to websites and services to not sell or share their personal information with third parties. This standard is intended to work with existing and upcoming legal frameworks that render such requests enforceable.

Privacy, Web Standards, Legislation, Cookies

16 points by BostonFern 80 days ago | 7 comments

MDN Browser Support Timelines (simonwillison.net)

Web Development, Browser Compatibility, Web Standards

18 points by thunderbong 166 days ago | 7 comments

Sustainable Web Interest Group Is Formed (w3.org)
W3C is pleased to announce the formation of the Sustainable Web Interest Group. The mission of the Sustainable Web Interest Group is to improve digital sustainability so that the Web works better for all people and the planet.

Sustainable Web, Web Standards, Interest Group, W3C

215 points by agumonkey 170 days ago | 113 comments

Ask HN: Why is PDF still king? (ycombinator.com)
As the title suggests, why is the PDF document the go-to file when it comes to sharing documents? Why hasn't there been a widespread adoption for a document standard that's more interactive (videos, code, visualizations etc...)?

Technology, File Formats, Document Sharing, Web Standards

14 points by ata_aman 195 days ago | 13 comments

RFC9659: Window Sizing for Zstandard Content Encoding on the Web (rfc-editor.org)

Web Standards, Compression, Networking, RFC, Zstandard

8 points by mfiguiere 210 days ago | 0 comments

Third Party Cookies Must Be Removed from the Web Platform (w3.org)

Web Development, Privacy, Security, Web Standards

67 points by Vinnl 275 days ago | 35 comments

MIME, RSS, and Existential Torment (xeiaso.net)

MIME, RSS, Web Standards, Technology, Philosophy

90 points by xena 306 days ago | 28 comments

Mozilla Specification Positions: Mozilla's positions on open Web specifications (mozilla.github.io)