The name #CSS Houdini refers to the magic box that CSS brings to the Web: browsers do lots of amazing work, but leave little for devs. to intervene. Thx to CSS Houdini, certain parts of the CSS engine will be exposed to #WebDevelopers
The name #CSS Houdini refers to the black-box magic 🧙♀️that CSS brings to the Web: browsers do lots of amazing work, but leave little for devs to intervene. Houdini aims at “developing features that explain the «magic» of Styling and Layout on the web” github.com/w3c/css-houdini-d…
#CSS Houdini lets you build polyfills for CSS and experiment with crafting new CSS properties or values and has been developed as a joint effort of the @csswg and @w3ctag
#WebAuthN stands for Web Authentication and provides an API to integrate external security devices in Web browsers, enabling more secure flows both in registration and authentication. Using your phone as a phishing-resistant security key is a game changer!
#WebAuthn enables strong authentication using securely-held public keys with user content, rather than #passwords - given how fragile passwords are, this is a pretty big deal.
naturally, there is also our very own #w3cdevs2018 meetup on the Monday night with talks and demos, and exchanges with the local dev community w3.org/2018/10/Meetup/
In addition to these meetings, the Wednesday of the week is run as an unconference, across group boundaries - all the participants are invited to make and review suggestions for breakout sessions that will run throughout that day w3.org/wiki/TPAC/2018/Sessio…
36 Working and Interest Group meetings, 10 Community Group meetings happening the same week in the same place - you can feel the future of the Web Platform shaping up organically across these groups and meetings w3.org/2018/10/TPAC/schedule…
TPAC (aka Technical Plenary & Advisory Committee) is the biggest event in the @w3c year, where most W3C groups come together in the same place to have their face-to-face meetings, and have joint meetings with one another w3.org/2018/10/TPAC/
The #WebXR Device API brings the right primitives to create VR & AR experiences in Web browsers: connecting to VR headsets, setting up the right rendering path, support for the right input devices, etc