Our best practices are killing mobile web performance

High Performance Browser Networking (O'Reilly)

What every web developer must know about mobile networks, protocols, and APIs provided by browser to deliver the best user experience.

Browsers, not apps, are the future of mobile - The Intercom Blog

Proclamations of an all-native mobile app world ignore the fact that browsers and the web are fast becoming the mobile operating system of the future.

Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile?

TLDR: “make the web do apps” is not a disruptive strategy. It's like surviving The Great Oxidation Event, then saying “make anaerobes do photosynthesis”. Ok, but the blue-green algae got there first, so photosynthesis is no longer asymmetric. It is symmetric competition.

We finally did something about Android Performance

Back in September, Codinghorror wrote a popular post on the state of android Javascript performance on Discourse’s Meta forum. It drew a lot of attention, and led to some fascinating discussions …

The Negative Impact of Mobile-First Web Design on Desktop

Mobile-first web designs cause significant usability issues when viewed on desktop. Content becomes overly dispersed across long scrolling pages with expansive white space and enlarged images and fonts, making it difficult for users to consume and understand the information.

Exciting Improvements Delivered Today in Firefox for Desktop and Android | The Mozilla Blog

Today we’re proud to announce the initial rollout of multi-process Firefox for Desktop to our general audience. With this, we’re taking a major step fo

SLAP and FLOP: Apple's Lack of Full Site Isolation and iOS Browser Ban Puts Users at Risk - Open Web Advocacy

TL:DR; Yet again Apple’s ban on third-party browser engines weakens security rather than strengthens it.

The viability of JS frameworks on mobile

Whether I like it or not, not everyone using my web apps will be running iOS 9 on an iPhone 6S or a Nexus 6P and connecting via super-speedy wifi.

Haggle: Clean-slate networking for mobile devices

Jing Su, James Scott, Pan Hui, Eben Upton, Meng How Lim, Christophe Diot, Jon Crowcroft, Ashvin Goel, Eyal de Lara

Opera Mini is a game change : Cloud-Based Browsers and Its important to know them.

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Stop Ignoring the Browser: The Biggest Frontend Shift in a Decade

Native browser APIs now provide powerful alternatives for routing, state management, and components. Never mind the frameworks, use the browser.

Would you pay $30 a month for a faster web browser that eats less battery?

The Mighty web browser is an old idea that’s new again

Designing Offline-First Web Apps

We assume our users are like us—with the latest devices, the most recent software, and the fastest connections. And while we may maintain a veritable zoo of older devices and browsers for testing, …