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@jensimmons "there are now zero requirements for “installability” in Safari" - this is false statement. Still adding a web app to Home Screen on #iOS requires multiple clicks in menus and isn't intuitive. This is discriminating.

"Browser support started in November 2014, and Safari adopted in March 2018" - this summarizes how #Safari has long been lagging behind in supporting new features, e.g. #WebGPU has been supported in #Blink & #Gecko since 2023 and only now it's added to @webkit. So late!

I am incredibly proud to announce that #WebGPU on Firefox has _officially_ gotten onto the train for stable release in Firefox 141 on Windows! More details to come when it actually releases, but...I'm so stoked, I couldn't _not_ post about it. 😀

More platforms to come soon, my team hopes.

Hopefully we'll see #bevy / @bevy shipping to Firefox soon, eh?

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Just a thought, from a knuckle-dragging biology scientist. TL;DR: I believe there is scope to make the hosting of a peertube instance even more lightweight in the future.

I read some time ago of people using #webAssembly to transcode video in a user's web-browser. blog.scottlogic.com/2020/11/23

Since then, I believe #WebGPU has done/is doing some clever things to improve the browser's access to the device's GPU.

I have not seen any #peertube capability that offloads video transcoding to the user in this way.

I imagine, though, that this would align well with peertube's agenda of lowering the bar to entry into web-video hosting, so I cannot help but think that this will come in time.

My own interest is seeing a #Piefed (activitypub) instance whose web-pages could #autotranslate posts into the user's own language using the user's own processing power... One day, maybe!

Thank you again for all your hard work; it is an inspiration.

Scott LogicIn-browser transcoding of video files with FFmpeg and WebAssemblyThe WebAssembly build of FFmpeg allows you to run this powerful video processing tool directly within the browser. In this blog post I explore FFmpeg.wasm and create a simple client-side transcoder that streams data into a video element, with a bit of RxJS thrown in for good measure.

Earlier this month, @lolaodelola gave a talk on how web standards can unintentionally exclude users—especially those with disabilities or limited tech access.
Through examples like autoplay, frames, #WebGPU, and #CSS carousels, Lola demonstrates how assumptions in design can create barriers.

The @tag 's "Societal Impact Questionnaire" prompts spec creators to consider who might be excluded: w3ctag.github.io/societal-impa (draft note)

🎬 Watch "The Web and the Digital Divide": youtu.be/SYU4fb9sTTs