Author Archives: xan

Web 3.8: the peace dividends release

Posted on March 25, 2013 by xan

I’m very happy about this release. Thanks to hard choices that we dared to make in the past we are now breaking new ground and giving GNOME some of the tools it needs to be the premier free software operating … Continue reading →

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Theory and praxis of Netbanking

Posted on December 13, 2012 by xan

Do you know how when you get sick you suddenly cannot remember anything about your life but being sick in the past? With almost every memory gone, all your life is reduced to a series of very similar events that … Continue reading →

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On advertisement and international traveling

Posted on October 3, 2012 by xan

AdBlock, integrated For a long time our adblock story was a bit underwhelming. We had an extension to do the job, but it was buggy and it would often either not block what it had to block or block just … Continue reading →

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We are almost there: Web in 3.6.0

Posted on September 11, 2012 by xan

It’s that time of the year again where we have a look at what happened in the project in the last 6 months. In mere weeks it will be released with the shiny GNOME 3.6 (best.release.ever), but since release notes … Continue reading →

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Next on GUADEC

Posted on July 28, 2012 by xan

GUADEC has been going on for a few days already, but it is far from over. This is a short post to make some noise about some upcoming BoFs & hackfests that might not receive as much publicity as the … Continue reading →

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Do Not Track support in Epiphany

Posted on May 19, 2012 by xan

Twitter’s last Privacy Policy Update helpfully informs all users that they do now support the Do Not Track (DNT) browser setting, which aims to stop the collection of information at the user’s request (a collection which Twitter is actively engaged … Continue reading →

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Japan Freedom Hackers: Assemble!

Posted on May 10, 2012 by xan

Turns out I’ll get to spend the next two weeks in Tokyo, starting next Sunday. It will be third time I visit this weird and fascinating place, but I’m still excited to be there again. Some time ago, in another … Continue reading →

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Summer of Code, Web 2012 vintage

Posted on May 8, 2012 by xan

This year’s Summer of Code has already started, and Epiphany has been lucky enough to get two students assigned. Let’s see who they are and what they’ll be working on. William Ting, Data Synchronization William is a last year student … Continue reading →

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Web. It’s what’s for dinner.

Posted on March 26, 2012 by xan

GNOME 3.4 is around the corner, and with it a new version of its little web browser that could. This is for sure one of the most action packed releases in a long time, so let’s do a recap of … Continue reading →

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Epiphany marches on

Posted on January 17, 2012 by xan

Previously in this space we saw how the bright future of Epiphany looked like, and vague promises about incremental steps towards it were done. A month later, Epiphany 3.3.4 is out there, so let’s see how well we’ve done. There’s … Continue reading →

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