Ever since I saw the very first web browser by Tim Berners-Lee I’ve been fascinated by the web. I love web standards and open source. Currently I run HTML5test.com, created WhichBrowser and I regularly speak at conferences. I am also part of the Fronteers Conference committee. Follow me on Bluesky at @html5test.com and on Mastodon at @[email protected].
Upcoming talks
Baseline: which features are safe to use on the web today?
Making money with Project Fugu
Articles
Making a low-budget conference look high-budget using an ATEM video mixer and a long USB cable
The Fronteers Conference made a comeback this year with a fresh concept, presenting unique technical challenges that we were excited to tackle. Fronteers Dark Mode would be a smaller, more intimate event. We’d start around four in the afternoon and run until after midnight—an evening of frontend. We’d have dinner, drinks, and five excellent speakers. […]
The User-Agent string of Safari on iOS 26 and macOS 26
User-agent strings are weird. They inform the server which application is communicating with them. In the case of a web browser, this string can contain the name and version of the browser, but also information about the operating system and the device on which the browser is running. But browsers lie. They lie a lot, […]
Receipt Printers 101
Receipt printers are a complicated subject because of many variables. There are many different types of printers and ways to connect them, but this article will help you navigate most pitfalls. The answers and suggestions in this article are all based on my libraries, which are open-source and freely available for anyone to use and […]