

Igalia Chats
Igalia
Igalia’s Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat about the Web, open standards, open source, healthy software ecosystems, the latest in browser features, and more.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Aug 15, 2025 • 50min
TC39 Episode 109: The Proposal Awakens
Brian and Eric talk to their TC39 representative colleagues Nic and Ujjwal about TC39 in general, and the most recent meeting.
Mentioned Links
Agenda with proposal links
Mozilla amount element explainer

Aug 5, 2025 • 60min
Standards, Inc: Inside the new, old organization with Seth Dobbs
Brian and Eric sit down to chat with W3C's new CEO Seth Dobbs about the W3C and standards
Mentioned Links
w3.org
Get Involved
Vision Announcement
W3C's 2025-2028 Strategic Objectives Initiatives
W3C Team's AI & the Web Impact Anaylysis

Aug 3, 2025 • 56min
Get Down With the WebKit
Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat with Igalia's Alejandro (Alex) Garcia about the WebKit project and Igalia's WPE port.
Mentioned Links
webkit.org
wpewebkit.org
Episode 2: WebKit, SVG and WPE

Jul 14, 2025 • 52min
Show Me The Monetization
Igalia's Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat about the past, present and future of funding and 'micropayments'.
Mentioned Links
Micropayments History
Web Bucks
Shop Talk Episode 672
Offerwall
W3C CG Draft
Supertab

Jun 6, 2025 • 60min
What Even is a Verifiable Credential?
Eric and Brian chat with Dmitri Zagidulin and Juan Caballero of the W3C's Verifiable Credentials Working Group to learn about Verifiable Credentials
Mentioned Links
Verifiable Credentials Use Cases
arcblock
Distributed Identity Foundation

May 28, 2025 • 47min
CSS Proposals and Debates
Igalia's Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer discuss what's caught their eye in CSS of late...
Mentioned Links
Hairline proposal
Eric's blog post
Item Flow, Part 1: A new unified concept for layout
CSS Custom Functions
CSS fragment references in HTML proposal
CSS @sheet proposal
CSS Pseudo Elements IDL Design
CSS Anchored Fallback Container Queries Explainer
Using container scroll-state queries
Disallow mix/random/tree-counting functions in some contexts #10982
Impact of masks on hit-testing needs to be specified #11339

May 19, 2025 • 51min
Unshipping: How (and when) to break web features
Igalia's Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat with Google's Rick Byers about Blink's Principles of Web Compatibility and willingness to change and even unship features.
Mentioned Links
Blink Principles of Web Compatibility
Are 'CSS Carousels' accessible?
ShopTalk Show Episode 664

Apr 29, 2025 • 34min
Adpocalypse Now?
The podcast dives into a landmark antitrust decision against Google, sparking discussions on its impact on online advertising. The hosts explore the monopolistic dynamics of digital advertising, unveiling the complexities of ad transactions and the historical context of tech acquisitions. They examine the evolving interpretations of market dominance, drawing parallels with past cases like Microsoft's. The episode also navigates the intricate relationship between advertising revenue and antitrust issues, highlighting the challenges and tensions in the tech landscape.

Apr 23, 2025 • 52min
Open Web Docs
Eric and Brian chat with Estelle Weyl and Will Bamberg of Open Web Docs.
Mentioned Links
openwebdocs.org

Apr 16, 2025 • 46min
Babel
Igalia's Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat with Babel core maintainer Nicolò Ribaudo about the project's past, present and future.
Mentioned Links
babeljs.io