Update (): If you keep experiencing the same issue over and over again, you may want to switch to backing up to a network share instead of a disk or partition. You can use your existing disk or partition as a “local network share”, and Windows will stop complaining about this issue.
Update (): An earlier versiom of this article published the wrong figure for the load event timings. (The figure wasn’t corrected for network overhead.) The mistake has been corrected.
Update (): Cloudflare has finally begun using the all the collected performance data in its Web Analytics dashboard. It has focused on translating the raw measurements into the Google Core Web Vitals. You can learn more about it in the announcement blog post.
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Update (): The Helium app is no longer available on the Google Play Store.
Update (): Firefox hit some snags along the way and delayed its AVIF support. AVIF support is set to be enabled by default in Firefox 92 (due for release in early September 2021), according to Phoronix.
Update (): Firefox is again experimenting with increasing its default root margin. The current beta builds use a new default of 800 px.
Update (): Removed Givero from the search provider list as it has ceased operation.
Update (): I’ve not used the FreeStyle Reader for the last year. I don’t miss it and I get by fine using just the LibreLink app on my Android smartphone.
Update (): The license has been removed from old articles and new articles no longer carry Creative Commons licenses. Photos and images will remain under Creative Commons licenses. Check the bottom of each article page for information about licensing images on that page. Creative Commons licenses are non-revo…
Update (): Lead-developer Mo Bitar says the dataloss issue has been fixed in recent versions of Standard Notes. He says the underlying issue was caused by a timing issue (“race-condition”) during data synchronization. I’ve not confirmed the fix; as this issue lead me to switch to Joplin. Though, now might be …
Update (): The Timeline extension is no longer available for download. A critical component required to handle logins no longer works. Microsoft has also announced the removal of the Timeline feature from Windows 10.
