Did you know Safari is the only web browser available on iOS devices? While you can install browsers like Chrome and Firefox, they fundamentally rely on Safari’s rendering engine. This is a requirement because the App Store doesn’t permit the listing of other browser engines. Essentially, the apps named Chrome and Firefox are merely customized versions of Safari.
In the context of web browsing history, it is noteworthy to mention the earlier browsers, such as Nexus and Mosaic, which were prevalent before 1995. Though I do not have personal recollections of these browsers, I remember Opera and Netscape, alongside AOL Explorer. It is fascinating to consider that in 1994, the internet had approximately 3,000 websites, predominantly text-based with minimal graphical content. At that time, Amazon only sold books.
We are also reading about frameworks and preprocessors. A CSS framework is a collection of CSS stylesheets that are prepped and ready to use. A CSS preprocessor is a program that lets you generate CSS from the preprocessor’s unique syntax. It’s a scripting language that extends the functionality of regular CSS by introducing programming-like features such as variables, nesting, functions, mixins, and more. It allows developers to write more maintainable, reusable, scalable CSS code. Preprocessors generate standard CSS that can be understood by browsers, meaning the code written in the preprocessor needs to be compiled into plain CSS before being applied to a webpage.
Reflecting on recent activities, last weekend was devoted to Thanksgiving shopping and leisure. On Saturday, shopping excursions were undertaken at various retail establishments, including Trader Joe’s and Costco, followed by a visit to Smiths on Sunday. For the remainder of the weekend, we played Final Fantasy XIV, where I played my Marauder because it was the lowest-level job I had.
Alexis is coming home tomorrow night. I’m looking forward to seeing her. On Wednesday I’m going to start making pies and the lumpia. While I want to begin making pies sooner, I am concerned that their quality may diminish if prepared too early. Additionally, maybe I plan to prepare one or two side dishes on Wednesday.
