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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Do folks around you believe a toggle is required as part of dark mode? Why?

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What benefit would that have? Light-dark maps to the system setting. And color scheme tells the browser to change the system colors… are you assuming sites need toggles?

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Do you feel like adding a light/dark mode toggle to a website is necessary? Or just something you think is cool for the projects you make?

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Nicole Sullivan @nicolesullivan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How do you do CI for mobile? Does it work well? I’m curious about the state of the art these days.

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dark mode. Do the websites & web apps made by your team support dark mode? If not, why not? What do you want to know most to help empower your team to support it?! What’s the blocker? What is confusing or hard about dark mode? #css #web #development #design

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When the giant pool of money needed someplace new to go in 2008. It came for us. www.thisamericanlife.org/355/the-gian... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gia...

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The Giant Pool of Money - This American Life

The surprisingly entertaining story of how the U.S. got itself into a housing crisis.

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yes, that's what I'm working on. How list boxes & mutliselect should work in appearance: base. We have a chance to hit the reset button & make something that works well going forward. It will definitely include the ability to style everything.

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* not <select id="foobar" multiple item="6"> It’s <select id="foobar" multiple size="6"> Ouch!! That's how little the existing HTML makes sense to me. Feels so 1994.

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Do you make websites? What do you wish <select> listbox did? Or didn’t do? This is the HTML. Currently, it automatically creates a listbox with 4 options showing. <select id="foobar" multiple> If you want 6 items showing, you write <select id="foobar" multiple item="6">. What should it be?

screenshot of the UI for a multiselect listbox.

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Assuming the quality efforts that went into Safari 26.4, 26.5, 27.0 were some kind of one-and-done project? Nope! Just look at all the improvements in Safari Technology Preview 253. webkit.org/blog/18357/r...

Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 253

Safari Technology Preview Release 253 is now available for download for macOS Golden Gate and macOS Tahoe.

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This particular demo doesn’t seem to work when the device is turned & folded (partically) in a “laptop” posture. But that’s just this demo. Others work great.

It is available! It’s at Users & Access > Xcode Cloud > Safari Web Extension Packager.

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Yes to both. They are defined in API called Device Posture & Viewport Segments, and are supported in Safari 27.1 beta behind a flag. To turn them on in the simulator for iPhone Duo (available with Xcode 27.1 beta), go to Settings > Apps > Safari > Advanced > Feature Flags and enable each.

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Yes, Safari 27.1 beta supports both Device Posture & Viewport Segments API behind a flag. To turn them on in the simulator for iPhone Duo (available with Xcode 27.1 beta), go to Settings > Apps > Safari > Advanced > Feature Flags and enable each.

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To try out these API, download Xcode 27.1 beta: developer.apple.com/download/app.... It includes a simulator that supports the all-new poses and orientations of iPhone Duo. Go to Settings > Apps > Safari > Advanced > Feature Flags to enable both Device Posture API and Viewport Segments API.

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Lot of excitement about iPhone Duo and questions about Device Posture & Viewport Segments API. Both are supported in Safari 27.1 behind a flag.

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I’ve been using Safari MCP a lot recently. It always just works. Today, I wasted my whole afternoon trying to get something to work with Chrome. Still doesn’t. What a PITA.

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Did you see the news about Safari 27.0, out this week? Safari MCP 844 resolved issues Customizable select (w/ new UA default styles) <model> on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS immersive environments on visionOS sizes="auto" for easier responsive lazy-loaded images width: stretch webkit.org/blog/18325/w...

WebKit Features for Safari 27.0

Our Safari release notes have never been as long as they are for this version.

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Previous default UA styling for Customizable select on the left. Current default UA styling in Safari 27.0. Thoughts? We just really wanted to give web developers a better starting place. 30 years of struggling to style form controls is enough.

Default look & feel of two drop-down menus, with and without groups of options. On the left, the original design from the CSS Working Group, in Chrome. On the left, what Safari 27.0 shipped, which is working it's way through the Working Group now.

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

*Current default UA styling in Safari 27.0 on the right!

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

As a web designer or developer, what questions do you have about iPhone Duo?

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

If you don’t mind, I’d love it if either/both of you could go to feedbackassistant.apple.com or use the Feedback app and file a bug. That would help us by sending along info about what’s happening. Reply with the FB numbers. Truly, thank you.

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Which content blockers are you using?

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It’s especially a cluster eff when media in NYC insists on deeply mourning 9/11 at 19, 21, 22, 23 years after, DURING a HORRIBLE pandemic. With bodies stacked in trucks. People getting zero medical help. Or dying in tents. People STILL have not recovered. Ignored. Abandoned. Banished. But oh 9/11…

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Saron Yitbarek @saron.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Another one: browser_console_messages Your agent can read your console logs on its own. Good for catching errors you didn't know were there 😅 Check out the Safari MCP server 👉🏽

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Saron Yitbarek @saron.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Introducing the new Safari MCP server 🎊 Connect your agent directly to a live Safari browser window so it can find bugs and examine the page on its own. Available in Safari Technology Preview 247. Details here 👉🏽 webkit.org/blog/18136/i... Give it a try and let me know what you think ❤️

Introducing the Safari MCP server for web developers

In Safari Technology Preview 247, we’re introducing the Safari MCP server — a Model Context Protocol server for web developers that makes your web development and debugging workflow faster and more po...

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 27/06/2026

Celebrate Pride with The Sick Times! Many in-person events aren’t accessible to people with Long COVID and related diseases and disabilities, so join us from home as we will celebrate queer performance art. We’re excited to see you there! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 Register: luma.com/ih0oq3yw?mc_...

A black background with hot pink text and black and white photos of performers Khalil Dennis (Host), Taipei Queen, King Lotus Boy, Katie Drackert, Mondo Millions, and Hugo Joan Rose. The text reads, “Virtual Pride with The Sick Times. June 30. 8 PM ET. 5 PM PT.”

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Jeff Bridgforth @jeffbridgforth.com · 18/06/2026

This is a great introduction to Grid Lanes. I love how it works well with what we already know about CSS Grid.

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My team also did a livestream at WWDC, answering questions from web developers around the world: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxZ... #html #css #javascript #webdev

WWDC26: Safari and Web Technologies Group Lab | Apple

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I presented “What’s new in WebKit for Safari 27”. What has my team been up to? Squashing bugs. Paying off technical debt. Updating features where the spec changed & we were out of date. Rearchitecting whole systems to make them better. And more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hg1...

WWDC26: What’s new in WebKit for Safari 27 | Apple

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Learn all about how to make masonry layouts on the web in just CSS, using Grid Lanes. In just 10 minutes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDwo... #css #webdesign

WWDC26: Learn CSS Grid Lanes | Apple

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Want to learn everything about the new <select> element — how to style everything about it + how to customize the content it displays? In just 9.5 minutes? We’ve got you covered: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACsH... #html #css

WWDC26: Rediscover the HTML select element | Apple

Mia [data-css=poetic] @miriam.codes · 16/06/2026

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This Thursday, @stacykvernmo.com and I will Wing It live, looking at #CSS grid-lanes (now in WebKit/Safari). Neither of us have had a chance to actually play with it yet, and we're excited to see how it works. Come learn with us! youtube.com/live/siSCSaq...

Grid Lanes: the Future of Masonry Layout

YouTube video by Winging It

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Libby Brown @trubludevil.social · 16/06/2026

Go @rmondello.com go! It was 4+ years ago I first heard them talk about getting rid of passwords, and it’s so impressive how far Apple, and the whole industry, has come towards that goal! #Identiverse

A capture of the Identiverse keynote presentation with Ricky Mondello, his simple slide says “Replace passwords as the default credential on the web”

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Saron Yitbarek @saron.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Icon-only options in a customizable <select> break three things: ❌️ users who don't recognize the icon have no help ❌️screen readers have nothing to announce ❌️browsers w/o support show an empty dropdown There's just 1 fix for all three cases: keep the text Learn more:

The golden rule of Customizable Select

Customizable select is coming to Safari 27.

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Saron Yitbarek @saron.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Customizable select is so powerful -- it's fully style-able with custom arrows, icons, color swatches, rich option layouts. But to make sure everyone can enjoy it, there’s one rule to follow: always include text in your options. We show you why this rule is so important: webkit.org/blog/18117/t...