A Simple Step to Better Online Child Privacy

How can a website protect a child's data without knowing whether a user is a child? Robin Berjon has proposed a simple but effective solution.

Joining the W3C!

I’m delighted to announce that from today, I’m officially joining the W3C! After four wonderful years at Opera it was difficult to think what could follow it but being able to contribute to the open web as part of the W3C and still remain in Japan is as close to a dream-come-true as it gets. I’m … Continue reading Joining the W3C! →

Web API Design: A Definitive Guide

“Web API” is a confusing term. It can refer to interfaces to be implemented by web software such as browsers, for example the W3C geolocation API, etc. It can also refer to how a web service exposes its data, and it’s in this context that Brian Mulloy has written what I hope will become the bible of REST-based … Continue reading Web API Design: A Definitive Guide →

On Vendor Prefixes — An Interview With Dr. Stanley Dards

At last, the existence of vendor prefixes, one of my pet peeves, is under the spotlight. Also at last, the fact that not all modern browsers are WebKit (shock!) is getting some attention. I (personally) believe vendor prefixes cause more harm than the problem they were designed to solve, namely how to elegantly introduce experimental … Continue reading On Vendor Prefixes — An Interview With Dr. Stanley Dards →

Opera’s (potential) HTML5 compliance

With HTML5 on its way I thought I’d take inspiration from http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/09/top-500-html5-validity.html who in turn took inspiration from Opera’s QA team and test the front page of a few of Opera’s websites for HTML5 conformity. Firstly, an important caveat. The HTML5 validator is beta so may have erroneously missed or mis-detected issues. In addition, at … Continue reading Opera’s (potential) HTML5 compliance →