New versions of Firefox will appear at the same rate but new features could reach release versions 6-8 weeks sooner following the closure of the Aurora Channel on which Firefox's Developer Edition is based.
British developers earn £44,000 a year, on average, which compares with the national average wage of £28,000. And most of them are web developers using JavaScript, according to Stack Overflow's annual developer survey.
Most of today's web pages are overweight, but a free service can provide a Web Bloat Score that's more than just the raw download size. And, of course, cutting WebBS leads to faster downloads and happier users.
Devpost has identified the main technologies used in student hackathons. This could provide an insight into the future of programming, but the numbers are influenced by sponsorships and prizes.
Now HTML 5 has finally been standardized, Jeff Jaffe, the W3C's CEO, wants to get people talking about what to do next. His suggestion is to build an application foundation to underpin the Open Web Platform - an operating system for the web.
The W3C is developing a standards-based platform that will enable developers to handle payments on the open web, without getting locked into proprietary wallets and app-stores
When Dartmouth College launched the Basic language 50 years ago, it enabled ordinary users to write code. Millions did. But we've gone backwards since then, and most users now seem unable or unwilling to create so much as a simple macro
Lookback lets developers do usability testing on iOS apps while users are doing real work, or travelling, rather than in a laboratory setting. And the Swedish start-up now has $2.2 million in seed funding to take it further
The web's 25th birthday has been celebrated around the web, but Tim Berners-Lee has used it to start the Web We Want project to develop a Magna Carta or "bill of rights" to protect users' freedom of speech and freedom from surveillance
The open web faces a serious challenge as smartphone users move to closed apps, but Dr Jeff Jaffe, CEO of the W3C, explains how they're meeting that challenge and expanding the web into new areas
