Scripting News: Saturday, January 6, 2024

Saturday, January 6, 2024
Rich Brown reports a problem with the tabs on the Scripting News home page on an Android tablet running Brave. It sounds like the problems were introduced when I did a rewrite of the tab code, and it's probably due to some code catching the click before it gets to the tab code. Once found, it's easy to fix. If you're running Brave or using an Android tablet, could you give it a try per Rich's description, see if you can reproduce. Also curious if there are error messages in the JavaScript console. Thanks! #
Random WordPress idea#
Caveat: This very likely already exists. #
Random idea for my friends at Automattic. How about a theme for a WordPress site that's good for technical subjects. #
It should have good default styles for code. Handle screen shot images gracefully. Basically a way of using WordPress for documenting the kinds of things we write up on GitHub because their editor is designed to work well for technical stuff. #
Just thinking out loud. A good test case would be the RSS 2.0 spec, which doesn't look too great after years of no-updates (more than 20 years) and browser slippage? #
It started life as a Manila site, transitioned to WordPress, and now I believe it's a static site. At one time it looked good in WordPress. It could totally use the kind of treatment Doc's blog got, but obviously it's serving a different purpose. #
A social network for writers#
I asked ChatGPT to draw a picture of a social network for writers. #
GPT rendering of "social network for writers."#
I asked for a more racially diverse rendering. #

Linkblog items for the day.

In 1996, I imagined I had become CEO of Apple. I outlined my plan in this piece. I think it would've worked. scripting.com
Donald Trump didn't sign loyalty oath for Illinois ballot pledging not to 'advocate the overthrow of the government.' suntimes.com
Three Years Since the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol. justice.gov
On a night of blowouts across the NBA, the New York Knicks had the most impressive such result. cbssports.com
Services like Substack can make it easy to move to another platform, but of course they don't. I warned everyone about it, got some rude responses from writers who thought they knew better. If we work together we can have better than what we have and not have to compromise. As writers. theguardian.com
Google has spent a lot of effort to convince you that HTTP is not good. Let me have the floor for a moment to tell you why HTTP is the best thing ever. this.how
Only Congress Can Exempt Trump From Disqualification. nytimes.com
RIP Microsoft WordPad. gizmodo.com
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