[Update: Some of these examples were mitigated in Chrome 38 and 39] After seeing in the previous post how Data-URIs can be used as a mechanism to easily carry malicious code, I’ll elaborate more about the issues it presents. Some of it merely exists from the way Data-URIs are »
What an awesome format is SVG, so powerful and so well supported by browsers. And yet it is barely being used, it’s not getting the love it deserves. Well, browsers love SVG, perhaps too much… SVG files are like little bundles of joy. Encapsulating graphics, animations and logic. One »
Prologue: I’ve written most of this post some months ago and somehow didn’t publish it. Looking at it now, it’s a good reminder of some of the pains I already forgotten. The Android version statistics already changed a bit by now, but, still today and even with »
Less than a year ago it seemed like HTML5 was going strong. With Facebook and Linkedin adopting the technology to reach most of the screens on the mobile and on the desktop. Linkedin had the better hybrid mobile app (HTML5 + native) and published a series of videos and articles about »
Three weeks ago Path.com was fined for stupidly stealing their user’s contact list and saving it onto their servers. Path’s doing was obviously wrong but I’m not sure that their punishment was really justified, needing to pay this enormous bribe to the FTC using COPPA as »