Interface features
Example: create an autofill to fill in the current date.
auto-mode: automatically load/unload settings/modes for matching URLs and predicates.
Example: automatically enable dark-mode when navigating to Wikipedia after 6PM.
input-edit-mode: use commands like
input-edit-mode.
edit-with-external-editor: edit input fields with an external editor.
Example: open up Vim or Emacs to edit the contents of an input field.
nosound-mode: mute sound in a tab/buffer.
nowebgl-mode: disable WebGL in a tab/buffer.
query-selection-in-search-engine: search a highlighted snippet with any search engine.
Example: quickly look up definitions of foreign terms.
search engine autocompletion: when you type in a prefix for a search engine wiki or ddg , you will see the server side generated autocompletions in the prompt buffer.
Major browsers have rejected Google s new proposal for creating targeted ads, saying that they fear the system could put users privacy at risk.
In early April, Google announced it would move forward with a plan to abandon third-party cookies to utilize a new method, called FLoC, to collect user data in aggregate to assist in targeting ads. Google also began secretly opting in an unknown amount of users to the beta test without ever asking for their consent.
Other browsers have begun speaking out against Google s FLoC. Many have now gone on record stating that they would not implement the feature.
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Google is going it alone with its proposed advertising technology to replace third-party cookies. Every major browser that uses the open source Chromium project has declined to use it, and it’s unclear what that will mean for the future of advertising on the web.
A couple of weeks ago, Google announced it was beginning to test a new ad technology inside Google Chrome called the Federated Learning of Cohorts, or FLoC. It uses an algorithm to look at your browser history and place you in a group of people with similar browsing histories so that advertisers can target you. It’s more private than cookies, but it’s also complicated and has some potential privacy implications of its own if it’s not implemented right.
in iOS edited 8:36AM Apple s forthcoming App Tracking Transparency privacy feature in iOS 14 leaves advertisers guessing, but sure that revenues will be hit.
Users will be asked whether they want to allow ad tracking or not
As Apple reminds developers to prepare for App Tracking Transparency (ATT) in iOS 14.5, marketing firms expects their $105 billion US mobile ad industry to take a hit.
According to
AdWeek, the expectation is that few iOS users will elect to allow ad tracking once they are prompted to choose. [Opt-out] rates among users seeing test prompts aren t encouraging, says
Adweek, the median opt-in rate so far is 32%. The mobile advertising sector is staring into the abyss as the privacy changes loom.