Join Bruce Lawson and Vivaldi Browser CEO Jón von Tetzchner as they review the top tech stories of 2024! In this episode, they discuss the landmark Google monopoly ruling, the shifting dynamics of the browser market, and their thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro. They also explore the future of Chromium, rate each topic as "brat" (good) or "næt" (not so good), and share insights on the challenges of building and maintaining a browser engine.

---------------------- Show notes:

• Mr Shakespeare’s comedies

• Google vs DOJ
• United States v. Apple (2024)
• Bloomberg terminals based on Chromium
• Presto rendering engine
• KHTML
• Vivaldi user agent changes
• Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports written by AI
• BCA
• Vivaldi Social for a free Mastodon account
• Social Web Foundation launches, supported by Vivaldi

In this episode of For a Better Web, Bruce chats with Léonie Watson, accessibility advocate and director of TetraLogical. They dive into Léonies journey from web designer to accessibility champion, her work with the W3C, and the challenges of making the internet better for everyone. From navigating accessibility standards to why keyboard testing is a game-changer for developers, it’s a mix of tech insights and great stories (including the time Léonie accidentally hugged Tim Berners-Lee!). Whether you’re a web developer or just curious about how the web works behind the scenes, this episode has something for you. -------------------------- Léonie’s personal website Léonie on mastodon TetraLogical website Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Web Applications Working Group Draft W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0 HTML design principlesWeb Incubator Community Group (WICG)“The remediation gap” blogpost W3C Board of DirectorsEloas v Microsoft patent case Keyboard testing video“Accessibility Unlocked”: TetraLogical’s introduction to accessibility

Maguire v Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2000)

In this episode, Bruce’s guest is Evan Prodromou, Research Director of the newly-launched Social Web Foundation. They discuss interconnected social networks and ActivityPub, the open standard that Evan co-authored which enables cross-platform connections, how this tech reshapes online interactions, and the Foundation’s work to support digital rights and diversity. They also go into key topics like privacy, content control, and the importance of diverse voices in social media.

Links:

• Evan on Mastodon

• Social Web Foundation

• Social Web Foundation launches, supported by Vivaldi

• ActivityPub specification

• Data Portability in ActivityPub (“LOLA”, draft)

• Threads has entered The Fediverse