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miketaylr

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no u

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miketaylr··on Firefox 46 supports some -webkit prefixed CSS properties
...what.

I don't think you understand how prefixes are used in the wild. Vendor prefixes re-inforce monoculture, they don't prevent it.

miketaylr··on Firefox 46 supports some -webkit prefixed CSS properties
FWIW, these aren't actually enabled in 46 unless you flip the `layout.css.prefixes.webkit` pref to true.

(We hope to flip that to true by default soon: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1259345)

miketaylr··on Disabling npm's progress bar yields a 2x npm install speed improvement
just gugel it
miketaylr··on User agent overrides for top Japanese Sites
Hi, I disagree (not just because I authored the patch linked here). Web sites are never punished. Our users are.
miketaylr··on Ask HN: Why did JavaScript win the browser?
Have a quick view-source at http://portal.mj.gov.br/EstrangeiroWEB/destaques.asp for those who can't imagine what VBScript dystopia looks like.
miketaylr··on Shiny Demos, new HTML5 showcase by Opera
Yeah this was just a soft-launch for MWC. We're planning a proper launch soon with more context for the user, proper feature detection, categories, etc.

The goal is to get something decent on all browsers--and we'll open the repo on github for those who want to help us get there.

miketaylr··on Poll: Do you use Opera (the browser)?
It does have socks proxy support now, just FYI.
miketaylr··on Tech/Startup focused product? Don't support IE
And for users who choose not to install it, do they get a modal prompt for every page load?
miketaylr··on Announcing Handlebars.js (A Mustache Superset)
http://github.com/getify/HandlebarJS oops!
miketaylr··on A Minute With Brendan Eich
MP3s are for the birds.
miketaylr··on Brendan Eich - A Brief History of JS
Can't go wrong with Evil Dead and Morrissey.
miketaylr··on [dead]
Tempting.
miketaylr··on Zed Shaw on SF vs NYC
Agreed. I'm 20 blocks south of Sunset Park--that's the go-to place for Mexican in Brooklyn.
miketaylr··on JSConf2009 Wrapup
i was actually kinda bummed out to work with some CSS today, forcing me to come off my javascript/JSConf high.

pretty plz let there be one next year.