The March 27, 2023 Safari 16.4 release brought Web Push support to web applications added to the Home Screen on iOS and iPadOS 16.4. For businesses developing a customer portal or an internal tool, this expanded the ways an installed web application could bring useful updates to a person’s attention. Start with the reason for the notification A notification is useful when it helps someone complete a task at the right moment. A report ready for review, a requested document...
In December 2022, Nuagerie updated the PHP versions offered in its cPanel/WHM hosting environment and adopted PHP 8.1 as the default. This was part of the ongoing modernization of the software foundation used by our customers’ websites and applications. A more recent default version The default version provides a reference runtime for the hosting environment. Updating it helps accommodate evolving application requirements and newer generations of the language. It does not...
On October 1, 2022, Microsoft began the scheduled retirement of Basic Authentication for several Exchange Online connection methods. The change affected older email clients and applications that depended on those methods. Microsoft’s lifecycle announcement identifies the start of the rollout; it was not a single simultaneous cutoff for every organization and every email protocol. Why the authentication method matters Basic Authentication relies on a username and password...
A contact form should help a prospective customer explain a need and reach the right person. Automated submissions can turn that useful channel into a sorting job, while an awkward verification step adds effort for legitimate visitors. On September 28, 2022, Cloudflare introduced the open beta of Turnstile, a CAPTCHA alternative designed to reduce that friction. It could be integrated without routing a website’s traffic through Cloudflare, making it an option to assess...
