Why sponsor TPAC 2026?

TPAC plays a key role in helping W3C coordinate solutions to technical challenges that extend across working group boundaries. Sponsors can:

✣ Amplify brand visibility and industry leadership
✣ Strengthen relationships and build new ones
✣ Demonstrate commitment to open web standards and the open web
✣ Showcase innovation

See more about sponsoring TPAC 2026 in Dublin, Ireland from 26 to 30 October at:
https://www.w3.org/news-events/tpac/2026/sponsorship/#packages
#SponsorW3C #WebStandards

output: HTML's native live region element | scottohara.me

Recently I wrote a bit on how I’d define a toast component, outlining UX concerns that should be considered if deciding to implement such a messaging mechanism.

⌨️Does this work for you?

https://codepen.io/stevef/pen/VYPWoqJ

Expected behaviour: the characters remaining "<output> text" is announced when a screen reader user pauses input into the <textarea>

#HTML #a11y #WebStandards

output element character countdown

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Sharing this not because it’s about AI/LLMs but because it’s solid advice and the recommendations work equally well for *people* coding web applications (funny that, almost like these things were made by people for people or something).

TL;DR: Use web and platform standards; don’t reinvent the wheel.

https://www.jimmont.com/llm-style-token-costs

#web #dev #webStandards #legacy #code #LLMs #AI

What I’m Finding About LLM Code Style and Token Costs - Jim Montgomery jimmont.com

#Development #Findings
What’s missing from SVG · Styling external SVGs is the top request https://ilo.im/16e0tv

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#SVG #WebStandards #Design #WebDesign #WebDev #Frontend

Patrick - What's missing from SVG

I asked around and analyzed a few different sources of developer signals on the topic of SVG, and here are the recurring themes I found.

Patrick Brosset

"Web Standards at the Web Engines Hackfest" @igalia's @bkardell and @Meyerweb chatted with W3C interim CEO @dontcallmeDOM about Web Standards, the W3C, and the larger web ecosystem

"..the right place to bring the right people around the table to change online shared ecosystem in a way that...hopefully improves the world in the sense that these values are what we think is needed to make that ecosystem thriving and positive for end users "
https://www.igalia.com/chats/episode-100
#WebStandards

💬chatting fireside with @dennisl yesterday I asked the question

"And where does the duplicitous @eric sit in this?"

Will be live in a few weeks, meanwhile enjoy the other 20 episodes

https://lnkd.in/dGTx5kqs
#a11y #webStandards

For any iA Writer or web standards fans out there, Pagecord now supports Micropub.

(Obsidian integration is far better tbh)

#blogging #webstandards #indiedev #buildinpublic

https://blog.pagecord.com/publish-to-pagecord-using-micropub

Publish to Pagecord using Micropub - Pagecord Updates

Pagecord now supports Micropub, a web standard for publishing posts from third-party writing apps to your own website. Pagecord already has an API, an...

At the Brussels seminar on Human Rights and ICT Standardization, W3C contributed to the discussion on how human-rights principles can enter technical work while design choices are still open. The post connects Ethical Web Principles, accessibility, horizontal review, threat and harm modeling, and the practical cost of participation: making assumptions, impacts, and responsibilities visible before they become infrastructure.
https://www.w3.org/blog/2026/human-rights-and-ict-standardization-what-is-w3c-doing-about-this/
#HumanRights #ICTStandardization #WebStandards

#Development #Debates
Must sites work the same across platforms? · “We seem to be stuck on a new hurdle.” https://ilo.im/16dy0t

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#Websites #Devices #Browsers #Platforms #WebStandards #ProgressiveEnhancement #WebDev #Frontend

Do Websites Need to Function Exactly the Same on Every Platform?

While we’ve accepted that websites don't need to look the same everywhere, we seem to be stuck on a new hurdle: the idea that websites need to function the same everywhere.

Bram.us