Netscape Navigator 2.0 was released 30 years ago today.

This version introduced a number of new features:

• Plugins! This was the first time a web page could make sound, via RealAudio.
• Incremental display of progressive JPEGs on slow dialup connections.
• Animated GIFs that were actually useful.
• HTML frames.
• JavaScript! That wasn't my fault, but you still have my apologies.
• And of course my baby, the first release of Netscape Mail and News:

https://jwz.org/b/ykvY

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?

It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

Source code and a downloadable app to try it yourself: https://github.com/samhenrigold/LidAngleSensor

I’m glad that Node.js now has import.meta.main. It brings an end to cumbersome hacks.
https://nodejs.org/api/esm.html#importmetamain

#NodeJS

Ghostty 1.2 (coming in Sept) is absolutely rock solid and extremely polished. I can't wait to get this into everyone's hands soon.

Sorry, search and scrollbars are deferred to 1.3, but we're nearing the finish line of what I'd consider the "best existing terminal" I've had for Ghostty in 2025. (https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-1-0-reflection)

We've fixed hundreds of issues, shipped hundreds of quality of life improvements, generally improved performance even further, and overall we're all feeling really great about it.

We have a LOT of nightly testers on both macOS and Linux and the amount of bugs we're seeing in nightly builds have slowed to a crawl. This thing is solid.

Coming soon.

So much is happening:
- the wallpaper shifts more purple
- the corner radii of the notification change
- the text glows
- the text gets smaller and reflows
- the control buttons disappear from the screen

… why?

MDN is 20 years old! 🥳

🙏 A huge thank you to...
The devs who read and trust MDN
The contributors who improve it
Everyone working on the web platform who shares our mission.

Here's how we celebrated with the web.dev team! 🧁
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/mdn-turns-20/