Igalia Chats

Brian and Eric chat with their colleagues Alice Boxhall and Valerie Young about the challenges facing standards and accessibility. Mentioned Links A threat model for accessibility on the web Accessibility is a Hydra

Mat 'Wilto' Marquis joins Igalia Chats to get weird and talk about JavaScript, boxing, charity and platform permanence. Mentioned Links JavaScript for Everyone course Mat's Website Mat on Mastodon Mat on Bluesky XKCD Workflow XKCD The Meetup

Igalia's Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat with Sacha Greif about the various popular 'State of' surveys he organizes Mentioned Links State of CSS 2025 Results State of JS 2025 State of HTML 2025 Devographics (& more surveys)

Igalia's Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat with the W3C's Dominique Hazaël-Massieux about ways that we try to involve developers and developer input into standards Mentioned Links Eric's post about XSLT drama Recent episode on XSLT drama Interop 2025 Dashboard Interop Project / Call for Proposals W3C Developers Web Platform DX Features Project

Andy Wingo, a compiler engineer at Igalia, dives into the fascinating world of WebAssembly (Wasm), a game-changer in web and server environments. He explores Wasm's origins from Asm.js and highlights its design goals, making it a versatile compilation target. The discussion touches on Wasm's adoption, its compatibility with languages like C and Rust, and its advantages for performance in gaming and legacy applications. Wingo also addresses the importance of garbage collection and the potential of Wasm in edge computing, showcasing its role as a vital technology for the future.

Igalia's Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat with Liam Quin about a recent issue in WHATWG regarding the removal of XSLT Mentioned Links house.gov Blink Principles of Web Compatibility Microsoft Patent Issue NIST XSL Tool XSLT in Rust SaxonJS

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

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

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

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