This week was full of great browser vendor news: Safari 11 was announced with long-awaited features such as WebRTC and tracking protection, and a new Edge build with new CSS features is now available, too.

• Getting Ready For HTTP/2: A Guide For Web Designers And Developers¹
• A Comprehensive Guide To HTTP/2 Server Push²
• The Current State Of Authentication: We Have A Password Problem³
• Why Coding Style Matters⁴

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• With ⁵ available now, the browser finally supports object-fit and object-position⁶ as well as position: sticky⁷. Additionally, passive and once event listeners are now supported, too, and the developer tools also got some improvements.
• In an attempt to prevent privacy violations by advertisers, Apple’s Safari browser will soon come with Intelligent Tracking Prevention built in⁸. It’s a machine-learning-driven algorithm that auto-deletes tracking cookies and other data. And to make it even cooler, the learning algorithm will run on your local device, not in the cloud.
• This week, Chrome 59⁹ was released. It brings headless Chrome and native notifications for macOS.
• Yep, Safari 11¹⁰ was announced at WWDC this week, and it’ll bring some nifty features to users in fall this year. And for us developers, there’s a lot of good stuff coming up, too: WebRTC, Website Snapshots, WebAssembly, drag and drop on iOS, and home screen apps running on the same, latest WebKit as Safari apps, for example. As for APIs, we can look forward to Media Capture, WebCrypto, and Resource Timing APIs. Variable fonts and stroke will also be supported, and developer tools will get an update, too.
• Safari’s Technology Preview 32¹¹ brings a lot of the announced features of the upcoming Safari 11 to developers already today, including WebRTC support¹², WebAssembly, and auto-play prevention.

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Tools & Workflows Link

• Wes Bos has a clever git trick¹⁶ for you: Use git checkout - to quickly jump back to your last git branch.

Security Link

• Egor Homakov published SecureLogin¹⁷, an open-source¹⁸ authentication implementation that wants to be convenient, secure, and independent of social media services. A promising technology.

Web Performance Link

• Jake Archibald shares his experience with implementing HTTP/2 push¹⁹ and why it’s tougher as we might think.

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HTML & SVG Link

• Andrea Giammarchi explains how we can use input datetime-local²³ already today.

CSS/Sass Link

• Jens Oliver Meiert conducted a study to find out how often we repeat declarations in our style sheets²⁴. The result: in 70% of cases. An article with great insights into how we can do better when optimizing CSS.

Work & Life Link

• “Economists believe in full employment. Americans think that work builds character. But what if jobs aren’t working anymore²⁵?”

Going Beyond… Link

• When it comes to phones and other small devices, it’s possible to demand users to exchange their hardware from time to time. But now that cars are getting smarter and Internet-driven software will control them in the future, it’s time to ask how this will affect our safety and security²⁶.

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