Daniel Aleksandersen

More #LinuxApp goodies: local on-device audio live captions! I usually mute by default, and now I'll have even fewer reasons to unmute. 🔇 #a11y https://flathub.org/apps/net.sapples.LiveCaptions Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2025-06-11

It’s 2025, and this is the first time I’ve had a reliable method for sending files across the local network between my phone, tablet, and computers. #AndroidQuickShare #pseudoStandard #LinuxApp
It is crazy it has taken the industry so long to finally implement something for sharing files between local devices. We just need Apple to add support too, and well have a universal system for local device–device file sharing! https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/packet-linux-android-file-transfer-app-quick-share Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2025-06-08

Here’s my favorite LGBT short film “Cocodrilo” by Jorge Yúdice to kick-off #PrideMonth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joAb83GTpbM Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2025-06-02

Here’s my favorite LGBT short film “Cocodrilo” by Jorge Yúdice to kick-off #PrideMonth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joAb83GTpbM Posted on Bluesky on 2025-06-02

Google #MaterialDesign v3 finally eliminates its terrible “innovative” “on-puts” in favor of traditional “inputs.” Today is a good day for usability. https://m3.material.io/components/text-fields/overview Need context? Watch this quick documentary: https://briefs.video/videos/what-happened-to-text-inputs/ Posted on Bluesky on 2025-05-06

Google #MaterialDesign v3 finally eliminates its terrible “innovative” “on-puts” in favor of traditional “inputs.” Today is a good day for usability. https://m3.material.io/components/text-fields/overview
Need context? Watch this quick documentary by @heydon https://briefs.video/videos/what-happened-to-text-inputs/ Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2025-05-06

Minor update (6) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 6.8

This update includes a security fix from Chromium upstream to resolve “CVE-2024-7965: Heap Corruption in V8”.

Autofill Settings – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3405.3

You can now manage your saved autofill credit cards and addresses in Settings: Privacy.

‘Do-Not-Track’ privacy setting gets legal backing in Germany

Legislators are finally paying attention to concerns about how our digital data is tracked, collected, and stored. Find out what this game-changing ruling means and how it could affect us.

Sync privacy incident affecting our Snapshot test users

A privacy incident affected our Snapshot test users in versions 6.4.3160.25 through 6.4.3160.30 for desktop.

Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users

Microsoft announces vague changes to the default web browser setting for Windows Insider. Nothing but wishful thinking. Still force-opens web links in Edge.

The trouble with decommissioning a used FIDO security key

You can’t throw out your worn-out USB security keys when you can’t recall what locks they’re for. Physical security tokens come with their own problems.