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A banner with text that reads: ‘State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026’ at the top, the event logo in the middle, ‘Online, London, UK’ underneath, on the bottom left ‘Get your ticket at: stateofthebrowser.com’ and on the bottom right: ‘brought to you by London Web Standards’.

A banner with text that reads: ‘State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026’ at the top, the event logo in the middle, ‘Online, London, UK’ underneath, on the bottom left ‘Get your ticket at: stateofthebrowser.com’ and on the bottom right: ‘brought to you by London Web Standards’.

4 days to go until #SotB26!
Online tickets are still on sale — join us for a day full of great talks and inspiration!
Plenty of Online Diversity tickets are available too. Diversity applications close in 2 days — 26 February.

2026.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/

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A banner, on the left showing the State of the Browser logo, text that reads ‘Saturday, 28 February 2026, In-person and Online, London UK’ and the London Web Standards logo. On the right is the Web Day out logo with text underneath that reads ‘Brighton 12 March 2026’ and the Clearleft logo.  The banner is separated in the center diagonally with off-white background on the left and light purple background on the right.

A banner, on the left showing the State of the Browser logo, text that reads ‘Saturday, 28 February 2026, In-person and Online, London UK’ and the London Web Standards logo. On the right is the Web Day out logo with text underneath that reads ‘Brighton 12 March 2026’ and the Clearleft logo. The banner is separated in the center diagonally with off-white background on the left and light purple background on the right.

We are partnering with our friends at @clearleft.com and offering all SotB attendees a ticket discount for Web Day Out and WDO attendees a discount for SotB. You get double the insights and inspiration!
If you haven’t bought a ticket for WDO or SotB yet, now is the time.

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Excited to hear the talks next month at #SotB26. See you there?

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A banner with a picture of Zach Leatherman smiling at the camera, on the left, and on the right, text that reads: Zach Leatherman, It’s 10PM — do you know where your JavaScript is?, State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.

A banner with a picture of Zach Leatherman smiling at the camera, on the left, and on the right, text that reads: Zach Leatherman, It’s 10PM — do you know where your JavaScript is?, State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.

Speaker reveal time! The speaker, who was obsessed with fonts and is not a fan of Meatloaf is Zach Leatherman! Zach will talk about best practices for using JavaScript.
@zachleat.com
2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/zach...

Our speaker line up is complete! Are you excited for #SotB26?

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A banner with a question mark on the left and text on the right that reads: Who is our last speaker? State of the Browser, Saturday 28 Fabruary 2026, Barbican Centre, London.

A banner with a question mark on the left and text on the right that reads: Who is our last speaker? State of the Browser, Saturday 28 Fabruary 2026, Barbican Centre, London.

It’s ‘Guess the speaker’ time for our final speaker! Our clues for you this time are…This speaker had an obsession with fonts and does not like Meatloaf.

On Friday, we will officially announce them, so you have until then to try and figure out who this is.🤫
#SotB26

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Tickets | State of the Browser More information and buying options for tickets.

Tickets for #SotB26 are on sale - Get yours now!
When?
Saturday 28 February 2026, 09:30 - 17:00 GMT.
Where?
The Barbican Centre, London.
Ticket types:
In-person, Online, Diversity In-person and Online.

*Diversity ticket applications end Thursday 26 February 2026.
2026.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/

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A banner with a picture of Chad Gowler speaking on stage, on the left and on the right, text that reads: Chad Gowler, The Plateau of Accessibility Compliance: Where do we go from here?, State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.

A banner with a picture of Chad Gowler speaking on stage, on the left and on the right, text that reads: Chad Gowler, The Plateau of Accessibility Compliance: Where do we go from here?, State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.

We told you about the next #SotB26 speaker, but is it who you think it is?

The speaker who has published and academic paper on video games and player experience is Chad Gowler! Chad will talk about the current state of web accessibility.

2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/chad...

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Tickets | State of the Browser More information and buying options for tickets.

For #SotB26 we offer In-person and Online Diversity tickets to anyone from an underrepresented group or in a financial situation, which makes buying a ticket difficult.
Applications for Diversity tickets to attend #SotB26 are open until Thursday, 26 February 2026!
2026.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/

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A banner with a picture of Cassie Evans smiling at the camera on the left and on the right text that reads: Cassie Evans, Game On!. State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.

A banner with a picture of Cassie Evans smiling at the camera on the left and on the right text that reads: Cassie Evans, Game On!. State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.

Time to announce our next speaker at #SotB26! We already told you about them, but is it who you think it is?

The speaker whose dog is an internet superstar is Cassie Evans! Cassie will do a live-coded game with audience participation.

#SotB26

2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/cass...

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Early bird tickets end today!
Spread the word.
2026.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/

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Tickets | State of the Browser More information and buying options for tickets.

Early bird tickets are running low and sales end at midnight tomorrow! Next ticket sale with higher prices will go live 17 December.

Head over to our website and grab yours now!
#BuyEarly #SotB26

2026.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/

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A banner with a picture of Fiona Safari smiling and text that reads: Fiona Safari, The Art of Connection: How to Thrive at Work and Beyond as an Introvert. State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.

A banner with a picture of Fiona Safari smiling and text that reads: Fiona Safari, The Art of Connection: How to Thrive at Work and Beyond as an Introvert. State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.

It’s time to announce our next #SotB26 speaker! We already told you about them, but is it who you think it is?

The speaker whose last name is the same as a browser is Fiona Safari! Fiona will talk about her experience in thriving at work as an introvert.

2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/fion...

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Tickets | State of the Browser More information and buying options for tickets.

Early bird In-person (£70) and Online (£15) tickets are on sale until 18 November (midnight UK time) or until sold out.
Next ticket sale opens on 17 December and prices will go up for both In-person (£80) and Online (£20).

#BuyEarly and secure your spot! #SotB26

2026.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/

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A banner with a picture of Bramus Van Damme and text that reads: Brammus Van Damme, Anchors aweigh! Tethering Elements in Pure CSS with Anchor Positioning. State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.

A banner with a picture of Bramus Van Damme and text that reads: Brammus Van Damme, Anchors aweigh! Tethering Elements in Pure CSS with Anchor Positioning. State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.

The time to announce our first speaker at #SotB26 has come! We already told you about them, but is it who you think it is?

The speaker who enjoys scuba diving and in 2017, became a professional dive leader is…Bramus Van Damme! Bramus will talk to you about the Anchor Positioning API.

#SotB26

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A banner with a question mark that reads: Who is our first speaker? State of the Browser, Saturday 28 Fabruary 2026, Barbican Centre, London

A banner with a question mark that reads: Who is our first speaker? State of the Browser, Saturday 28 Fabruary 2026, Barbican Centre, London

Before we announce our first speaker, you should get to know them a bit, right? Our clue is…This person enjoys scuba diving and in 2017 became a professional dive leader.

On Friday, we will officially announce them, so you have until then to talk to each other and figure out who this is.🤫

#SotB26

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Your talk was amazing! Lovely to meet you and hope to see more of your planned projects soon : )

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You can now watch or rewatch my talk 👇

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Yayy, that’s great!

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That’s great Luis, I’m glad the talk was useful!

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State of the Browser has confirmed how much I love smaller, community-driven developer events.

We can't all afford to fund a diversity ticket or be a sponsor, but we can help by Buying Tickets Early!

Especially for events not geared to people with education budgets from big companies.

#SofB2025

1 year ago 26 2 1 0

Thank you for having me! A great first #SotB for me

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I love this, great visualised summary of the talk. Thanks Luke! 👌

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It was so lovely meeting you! 😊 I’m sorry we didn’t get the chance to talk much afterwards.

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Niya being introduced on stage by Dave

Niya being introduced on stage by Dave

Niya in front of her starting slide "To light-dark() or not to light-dark() ?"

Niya in front of her starting slide "To light-dark() or not to light-dark() ?"

Niya Dobazova is taking on the light-dark() mantle 💪☀️🌙

1 year ago 8 1 2 0

It was nice meeting you!
…And I wish I could post live updates like you do. 😄

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Niya on stage

Niya on stage

light-dark() code example.

light-dark() code example.

Next up is @niya-d.bsky.social to talk about Light and Dark Mode and the light-dark() CSS Function.

(Also see brm.us/light-dark for a post of mine on the subject)

#SotB2025

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Brilliant first talk from @niya-d.bsky.social!

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Thank you Jamie, I’m glad you enjoyed it! 🙏

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CSS color-scheme-dependent colors with light-dark()  |  Articles  |  web.dev description: Define colors that react to the used color-scheme with the light-dark() function.

thx to @niya-d.bsky.social for focussing in her talk on #CSS #function #light-dark #a11y
and I will check out the proposed schemed-value :) #SotB2025

web.dev/articles/light-dark

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Thank you Oliver, it was great seeing you again!

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