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Google kills off Gmail’s Basic HTML View amid fears it could sunset its email service

Google users can breathe a sigh of relief as recent rumours of Gmail's demise turn out to be only partially accurate. While the email service is not going anywhere, a specific feature is bidding farewell. Google is killing off Gmail's Basic HTML view starting January 2024, as revealed by updates on the company's support page.Gmail's Basic HTML view endsContrary to widespread speculation, the alleged email circulating on X claiming the "journey of Gmail is coming to a close" is debunked. The concern was unnecessary for…

Does HTML structure matter for SEO?

In case you missed the latest podcast episode of Search Off the Record, Google’s Gary Ilyes stirred up some controversy when he made a comment about HTML structure not mattering much for SEO.He later clarified on Linkedin that “not mattering much” doesn’t mean “doesn’t matter at all.” Still, that didn’t stop any of the SEO controversy. Being unable to avoid controversy, I couldn’t help but jump in – in an attempt to clarify a few common points and misconceptions I keep seeing pop up.So, does HTML structure matter

AI for Web Devs: Faster Responses With HTTP Streaming

Welcome back to this series where we’re building web applications with AI tooling. Intro and Setup Your First AI Prompt Streaming Responses How Does AI Work Prompt Engineering AI-Generated Images Security and Reliability Deploying In the previous post, we got AI-generated jokes into our Qwik application from OpenAI API. It worked, but the user experience suffered because we had to wait until the API completed the entire response before updating the client. A better experience, as you’ll know if you’ve…

The best PDF editors for 2024

The PDF file format has great support for text and video, as well as an efficient file size, making it a great format for all kinds of documents and data. It’s also excellent for preserving the quality and formatting of a document. Adobe Acrobat is perhaps the most well-known PDF editor, but there are other options to consider. Having access to a PDF editor opens the possibility of editing document texts, adding images, filling out forms, combining PDF files, and converting your PDF files to other formats. A PDF…

Recapturing early internet whimsy with HTML

The HTML Energy community advocates understanding HTML for what it quite literally is: a language. And it celebrates the way the rudimentary character of that language demands intention from the user. As an amalgamation of minuscule and intricate creative decisions, a site constructed using only HTML is a form of self-­expression. Viewing a site’s source code is as important as navigating its interface. There are often Easter eggs hidden in that code, such as cheeky messages or citations taken from other HTML sites. In…

How to save a webpage as a PDF in any browser

Everyone eventually comes across a webpage they need to save for offline research or sharing with others. You could just copy and paste the link, but sometimes it’s nice to have the page as an image you can view offline, mark up, or print. The most flexible solution is to create a PDF file you can view or send anywhere. With our step-by-step instructions, we'll cover the most popular browsers and see how they save webpages as PDFs. If you need more conversion options, we can also help you convert webpages to…

DuckDuckGo’s Windows browser is here to protect your privacy

A few months ago, DuckDuckGo launched a privacy-focused browser on macOS. Well, Windows users no longer have to miss out, as the browser has found its way onto Microsoft’s operating system. If you want a web browsing experience that protects your privacy, it could be a good time to check it out. The browser is available as a public beta, according to a blog post from DuckDuckGo. It comes with a bunch of built-in privacy protections that could be ideal if you’re tired of trackers and cookies snooping on your internet…

Express Returns Servers HTML Error Page Instead of res.json Error Message

ExpressJS is a backend web application framework built on top of NodeJS which helps us manage the server and routing. It has some powerful functionalities like middleware, templates, and debugging which help us to write efficient and faster code. It helps us extensively in building web applications.In this article, we will see why “Express returns servers’ automatic HTML error page, instead of a res.json error message” and how we can solve it.When we don’t define a route for a particular path and the user tries to access…

Server-Side Rendering in Rust: A Dall.E Use-Case

Last week, I decided to see the capabilities of OpenAI's image generation. However, I noticed that one has to pay to use the web interface, while the API was free, even though rate-limited. Dall.E offers Node.js and Python samples, but I wanted to keep learning Rust. So far, I've created a REST API. In this post, I want to describe how you can create a Web app with server-side rendering. The Context Tokio is a runtime for asynchronous programming for Rust; Axum is a web framework that leverages the former. I already used…

What Do URL, LTE, WiFi, 5G, API, SMS, WWW, and HTML Stand for?

Photo: pathdoc / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock)Have you noticed that there’s a lot of stuff on the internet? Heck, these days there’s so much that a person might start having a hard time keeping track of it all! People have been trying to figure out what to do about all that for a long time. RSS—which stands for RDF Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication depending on who you ask—was one early idea. RSS let websites that make content, like this, one for example, to create a feed of content. People could plug the