A deep, practical look at the ethical trade-offs of push and pull notification techniques in 2024 - technical context, regulatory signals, persuasive-design risks, and a checklist to design respectful, effective alerts.
Explore how the Device Posture API is changing real products across gaming, education, healthcare and more. This article presents practical case studies, measurable benefits, and implementation tips for developers building posture-aware experiences on foldables and dual-screen devices.
A hands-on guide to building a real-time notification system using the Badging API. Learn architecture, code for client/service-worker/server, fallbacks (favicon/title), best practices, and troubleshooting tips for production-ready notification experiences.
The Screen Wake Lock API prevents devices from dimming or sleeping. This article separates real privacy risks from myths, explains how the API works, shares expert perspectives, outlines threat models, and gives safe alternatives and best practices for web developers and users.
A practical comparison of the W3C Generic Sensor API and vendor-specific sensor APIs, examining scalability, flexibility, performance, security, and vendor lock-in. Use the decision checklist and code examples to choose the right approach for your project.
A deep look at how the Shape Detection API can be used - and abused - for surveillance, the ethical problems that follow, real-world regulatory touchpoints, and practical technical and policy mitigations for developers and lawmakers.
A contrarian yet practical look at why many VR apps struggle to scale compared with AR, examined through the WebXR Device API. This article explains the technical and social limits of VR, the practical advantages of AR, and how WebXR can bridge both with concrete patterns, API features, and measurable strategies.
Learn how Background Sync (and its Periodic variant) helps leading web apps reliably finish work when connectivity is flaky. This article explains how it works, shows real-world use cases and case-study takeaways, and presents a reproducible benchmarking methodology plus results and implementation tips.