Google’s Prompt API

kept by eddie may 07

Google's Prompt API ships as a Chrome-only web standard requiring users to accept Google's use policy and download Gemini Nano without permission, drawing opposition from Mozilla and WebKit.

Mozilla pushes back against Google's Prompt API
Mozilla opposes Google's Prompt API in Chrome, arguing it threatens web interoperability and neutrality by tying the API to Google's Gemini Nano model and policies.
also on Gemini Nano, #web-standards, Mozilla, Chrome, #browser-engineering, Google
Introducing CSS Grid Lanes
Apple's WebKit team introduces CSS Grid Lanes as the standardized native implementation of masonry layouts, available now in Safari Technology Preview.
also on #web-standards, WebKit, #user-experience
What Apple and Google are doing to your push notifications
Apple and Google have transformed push notifications from a simple delivery pipe into an on-device AI-edited channel that summarises, reorders and deprioritises content, mirroring the intermediation that email underwent a decade earlier.
also on Gemini Nano, #privacy, Google, #user-experience
ActivityPub Won by Being Boring - Owl Owl OÜ
ActivityPub’s success stems from its intentionally plain design using basic web primitives, and its next revision must remain boring to support wider federation.
also on W3C
Meet WebKit for SwiftUI - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer
Apple introduces a SwiftUI-native WebKit API to simplify embedding and controlling web content across Apple platforms.
also on WebKit, #browser-engineering, #user-experience