I emailed IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) earlier today to ask about the new content on example.com. To my surprise, their VP replied. Here is the email: I am happy to try and answer any questions you have. The changes we make to the site from time-to-time are usually informed by a desire to either reduce the overall bandwidth demands of serving the site, or improve its utility. At its heart it is a placeholder... (Read More)

30 Sep 2026

Yes, it's possible! I've known about some workarounds for this for a while, but I recently discovered some new possibilities which made me want to write a blog post. There's still a lot of room to make WebExtension testing better, but we're closer than I realised, and I think that some of the things I've found are useful both for doing something today and for highlighting what it would be great to see in the... (Read More)

13 Nov 2022

Note: Since this article was written, Chrome shipped action.openPopup 🎉 I've been attending the Web Extensions Community Group since it started early last year. While the group is still in an early stage, it has already led to some exciting changes shipping in browsers. Today I want to talk about the action.openPopup API, one example that I'm particularly excited about. What's action.openPopup? One unique feature of WebExtensions is the ability to render in to a... (Read More)

13 Nov 2022