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981: Browsers Are Finally Catching Up (Interop 2026)

February 23 · 51 min
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Scott and Wes unpack Interop 2026 and the browser features finally aligning across engines, from container style queries and anchor positioning to scroll-driven animations and view transitions. They break down what it all means for day-to-day devs and how close we really are to a fully interoperable web.

Show Notes

  • 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
  • 00:21 What is Interop?
  • 02:44 Container Style Queries.
  • 09:32 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
  • 09:57 Anchor Positioning.
  • 12:01 CSS attr().
  • 15:40 CSS Contrast-color.
  • 19:10 CSS Zoom.
  • 21:36 CSS Custom Highlight API.
  • 24:02 Dialogs and Popovers.
  • 25:44 Fetch Uploads and Ranges.
  • 27:48 IndexedDB.
  • 28:25 JSPI for Wasm.
  • 29:05 Media Pseudo-Classes.
  • 30:00 Navigation API.
  • 31:53 Scoped Custom Element Registries.
  • 32:40 Scroll-Driven Animations.
  • 33:30 Scroll Snap.
  • 36:50 CSS Shape().
  • 38:25 View Transitions.
  • 41:32 Web Compat.
  • 42:29 WebRTC Improvements.
  • 43:44 WebTransport.
  • 45:44 Investigation Efforts.
    • 46:25 JPEG XL
    • 48:46 Mobile Testing.
    • 49:20 WebVTT.

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