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Chrome's New `<permission>` Element: A Declarative Approach to Web Permissions

2025-06-15

The Chrome permissions team is experimenting with a new declarative HTML `` element to simplify how web apps request powerful features like location access. Traditional imperative methods suffer from permission spam, poor contextualization, and difficulty in revoking permissions. The `` element offers a more secure and user-friendly approach, allowing developers to declaratively request permissions while the browser dynamically updates the element's text based on user interaction and provides clear permission management. Currently in origin trial in Chrome 126, it aims for standardization.

(developer.chrome.com)

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Chrome 135 Introduces Device-Bound Session Credentials for Enhanced Web Security

2025-05-02

Chrome 135 introduces Device-Bound Session Credentials (DBSC), a new feature designed to bolster web application security. DBSC protects user sessions from cookie theft and hijacking by generating a key pair bound to the device. Even if cookies are stolen, attackers can't access accounts from other devices. Leveraging hardware-backed storage like TPM and regularly refreshing short-lived cookies, DBSC significantly enhances security without impacting user experience. Developers can integrate and test this feature via HTTP headers.

(developer.chrome.com)

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Chrome 135: Fully Customizable `<select>` Elements with CSS

2025-03-31

Chrome 135 brings a major update: full CSS customization of the `` element. Years in the making, this delivers a standardized, accessible, and stylable ``. Developers can now use the new `appearance: base-select` property to unlock rich customization features, including adding rich HTML content (like images and SVGs) to `` elements, without breaking older browsers. While parser changes exist, Chrome mitigates the risk of breaking existing websites with a Finch experiment. This update opens doors to create far more engaging and meaningful `` experiences.

(developer.chrome.com)

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Chrome Ditches FreeType for Rust-Based Skrifa: A Security and Performance Win

2025-03-19

Chrome has replaced its aging FreeType font rendering engine with Skrifa, a new Rust-based library. FreeType's C-based codebase was plagued by security vulnerabilities, demanding significant maintenance resources. Skrifa leverages Rust's memory safety to dramatically reduce vulnerabilities and improve developer productivity. Rigorous testing and comparisons ensure Skrifa matches FreeType's performance and rendering quality. Chrome plans to extend Skrifa's use to more operating systems in the future.

(developer.chrome.com)

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Chrome 135 Simplifies Web Button Interactions with `command` and `commandfor`

2025-03-07

Chrome 135 introduces the new `command` and `commandfor` attributes, revolutionizing web button interactions. Previously, developers needed complex JavaScript to handle interactions between buttons and other elements (menus, modals, etc.). Now, these attributes simplify this process significantly. The article details the shortcomings of traditional approaches, compares `command` and `commandfor` with older attributes (`popovertargetaction` and `popovertarget`), and explains the use of built-in commands (`show-popover`, `hide-popover`, etc.) and custom commands, boosting web development efficiency and accessibility.

(developer.chrome.com)

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Chrome Canary 130: Customizable <select> Element Arrives!

2025-02-20

Chrome Canary 130 introduces a major update: a customizable `` element! This long-standing developer pain point finally has a solution. Using the `appearance: base-select` property, developers can deeply customize the `` element and its popup picker, including styling, content, and interactivity. The feature is officially in Stage 2 in the WHATWG, with strong cross-browser interest. This post details how to enable the feature, customize its components, and considerations around limitations and accessibility. While some features are still under development, this powerful new feature will significantly improve the web development experience.

(developer.chrome.com)

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Microsoft Edge Fixes Washed-Out Text Rendering in Chromium

2025-02-13

After migrating to the Chromium rendering engine, users reported that text in Microsoft Edge appeared "washed out" and inconsistent with other parts of Windows. Investigation revealed that Skia's text contrast and gamma settings differed from the previous DirectWrite engine and didn't read Windows ClearType Tuner settings. The Edge team collaborated with the Google Chrome team, conducting user research to determine a better default text contrast value. A value of 1.0 was found to closely match the pre-Chromium Edge rendering and look consistent with other native Windows applications. This fix is now available in Chrome 132 and later.

(developer.chrome.com)

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