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Half of the DOM Web Speech API deals with speech synthesis. There is a method called speechSynthesis.getVoices that returns a list of all the supported voices in the given browser. Your website can use it to choose a nice voice to use, or present a menu...

I needed a meter to tell me what the air quality is like outside. Now I know!
If you need one as well, or if you are looking for an accessible gauge for anything else, here you go.
You can also mess with it on Codepen.

Aside from a handful of pinned tabs, I open a new tab for anything I need to do: search the web, file a bug, look up documentation, check on the news, the weather, you get the idea. I am also addicted to Firefox’s new tab page, so I’ll often open a new...

This is cross-posted from a Medium article by Akshitha Shetty, a Summer of Code student I have been mentoring. It’s been a pleasure and I wish her luck in her next endeavor!
For me, getting all set to read a book would mean spending hours hopping between stores to find the right lighting and mood to get started. But with Firefox’s Reader Mode it’s now much more convenient to get reading on the go. And this summer, I have...