Into the web multiverse
summary
Makes a concrete case: fortify where users actually fail not where returned planes show holes, measure surprising failures like offline boarding passes, and stop assuming savvy developers or up‑to‑date browsers. Shows tools that are shipping and usable now — Chromium‑based Edge rolling to ~30M insiders on Jan 15, Webhint as a VS Code extension and CI/node module and an experimental Elements for Code integration that edits live pages from the editor. Encourages filing ideas at webwewant.fyi.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Start
- 2:33The web is a roaring success...
- 7:56I'm in the middle of a launch...
- 14:55Somehow bitter pills to swallow (2)
- 16:16Why learn the basics?
- 17:23Abstraction attraction
- 18:03Tech innovation isn't the answer
- 20:25Adding quality
- 21:01Creating delight
- 23:39Hypothesis: tools are too complex
- 24:00Node: the glue
- 24:39Chromium: the engine
- 25:07Visual Studio Code: the 'hackable editor
- 25:48Webhint testing and best practices
- 28:21Test your sites in the browser...
- 29:10Edge on Chromium
- 30:56Elements for Code
- 32:48What's missing on the web platform?
