Web Development

AutoSave with VSCode

Visual Studio Code has taken the crown of most used text editor, at least in JavaScript spheres. VSCode is fast, feature-filled, and supports...

Giving Feedback – A List Apart

Feedback, in whichever form it takes, and whatever it may be called, is one of the most effective soft skills that we have at...

Introducing llamafile – Mozilla Hacks

A special thanks to Justine Tunney of the Mozilla Internet Ecosystem (MIECO), who co-authored this blog post. Today we’re...

How to Play Grand Poo World 3

The underground world of creating and streaming Super Mario World-based ROM hacks continues to gain popularity. This popularity is a tribute to the creativity...

Getting Feedback – A List Apart

“Any comment?” is probably one of the worst ways to ask for feedback. It’s vague and open ended, and it doesn’t provide any indication...

Firefox Developer Edition and Beta: Try out Mozilla’s .deb package! – Mozilla Hacks

A month ago, we introduced our Nightly package for Debian-based Linux distributions. Today, we are proud to announce we made...

AutoGrow Textareas with CSS

As the demands of the web change and developers experiment with different user experiences, the need for more native language improvements expands. Our presentation...

Designing for the Unexpected – A List Apart

I’m not sure when I first heard this quote, but it’s something that has stayed with me over the years. How do you create...

Understanding Javascript Array’s .reduce() method and its use-cases

The .reduce() method was also there in ES5, but I'd never used or seen someone using...

Puppeteer Support for the Cross-Browser WebDriver BiDi Standard – Mozilla Hacks

We are pleased to share that Puppeteer now supports the next-generation, cross-browser WebDriver BiDi standard. This new protocol makes it...

Thoughts on Streaming Services: 2024 Edition

Streaming services have revolutionized content delivery, sending linear media companies into a panic as they watch traditional cable services decay. "Cutting the cord" is...

Voice Content and Usability – A List Apart

We’ve been having conversations for thousands of years. Whether to convey information, conduct transactions, or simply to check in on one another, people have...

Option Soup: the subtle pitfalls of combining compiler flags – Mozilla Hacks

Firefox development uncovers many cross-platform differences and unique features of its combination of dependencies. Engineers working on Firefox regularly overcome...

Extract a Number from a String with JavaScript

User input from HTML form fields is generally provided to JavaScript as a string. We've lived with that fact for decades but sometimes...