Introducing CSS Grid Lanes

kept by eddie dec 21, 25

Apple's WebKit team introduces CSS Grid Lanes as the standardized native implementation of masonry layouts, available now in Safari Technology Preview.

Introducing the Safari MCP server for web developers
Apple released a Model Context Protocol server for Safari that lets AI agents inspect DOM, network requests, screenshots, and console output to debug websites autonomously.
also on Safari Technology Preview, WebKit, Apple, #developer-tools
Google’s Prompt API
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.
also on #web-standards, WebKit, #user-experience
Incomplete list of mistakes in the design of CSS
A CSS Working Group wiki page catalogs design mistakes in CSS, including problems with the cascade, specificity, margin collapse, and layout properties.
also on CSS Working Group, CSS, #design, #user-experience
Try text scaling support in Chrome Canary - Josh Tumath
A new HTML meta tag lets developers opt into respecting the user's OS-level text scale on mobile, requiring CSS improvements to avoid layout breakage.
also on CSS Working Group, CSS, #user-experience
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 #web-standards, #developer-tools