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Joplin note-taking app fails to impress on Android
() Joplin is an open-source clone of Microsoft OneNote. It’s a webapp at heart, but it doesn’t offer a version for use in your web browser. The webapp is instead packaged and offered for installation o…
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How to make a vanity Payment Pointer for Web Monetization
() The Web Monetization API uses Interledger Payment Pointer (ILP3) addresses to transfer funds. Here’s how to set up a short vanity ILP3 alias for your wallet.
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Optimize your <head> metadata for better compression
() Reduce the file size of compressed webpages by optimizing the order of <meta> and <link> elements in the document <head> section.
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Standard Notes kept losing my notes
() The Standard Notes webapp kept either deleting or overwriting the unlucky note at the top of my notes list. It’s time to switch note-taking apps again.
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How to detect machine-translated webpages
() Detect and measure when a web browser or translation-service has translated the contents of your webpages.
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Mitigate “tabnabbing” without breaking window.open() features
() New windows opened from your website can redirect the opener tab to a new destination. Applying mitigations break window.open() functionality like sizing and positioning in Google Chrome.
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