Data

The raw numbers behind the measurements, as JSON — including the control runs. Licensed CC BY 4.0, so they can be reused with attribution.

2026-08-03-agent-real-gesture.json

Whether a synthetic input event at window-system level satisfies the activeTab gesture requirement: tabs visible to the extension before and after a keyboard command sent through X11 XTEST. Method and discussion.

0 tabs before1 tab afterChromium 145

2026-08-03-agent-uses-the-extension.json

The counterpart: an agent driving the browser through CDP and the DOM only. The extension loads and its service worker runs, then every tab comes back with an empty url. Method and discussion.

2/4 steps pass0 tabs visibleactiveTab, no host permissions

2026-08-02-quellen-archiv.json

For 150 cited web sources: live status, verdict, whether the Internet Archive holds a snapshot and how old it is. Cases where a service did not answer are marked as such rather than counted as negative. Method and discussion.

19.3 % gone8.7 % unarchived603 d median snapshot age

2026-08-01-ocr-recall.json

How much text survives when a full-page screenshot PDF goes through OCR, plus the full resolution series and a control run against unrelated text. Method and discussion.

92.6 % vocabulary recall110 dpi threshold0.0 % control

2026-08-01-extension-permissions.json

Declared permissions, host permissions, user counts and ratings for eight PDF and capture extensions, as retrieved from the Mozilla add-ons API. Method and discussion.

8 extensionssource: addons.mozilla.org API

2026-08-03-reading-list-to-bibliography.json

Twenty sources of a reading list through a citation endpoint, each with the fields returned and — for every source handed back — the response to a reader and to a browser, so a page's wall can be told from a reader's limit. Method and discussion.

10/20 complete records1 bot defence5 with nothing to declare

2026-08-03-citation-by-platform.json

Eighteen scholarly platforms, each checked for the citation data it declares about its own works, with every returned title verified against Crossref. Method and discussion.

11/18 returned data10 with authors and year8 matched Crossref

2026-08-03-citation-triage.json

A mixed reading list of twelve sources: what an agent turned into citable records on its own, and the reason each of the remaining four was handed back. Method and discussion.

8/12 done by the agent1.09 s per source4 named

2026-08-02-android-capture-extensions.json

248 page-saving extensions from the Mozilla add-ons API with their declared Android support, user counts and ratings. Method and discussion.

248 extensions60 declare Android0 tested on a device

2026-08-02-citation-extraction.json

Citation extraction measured against Citoid, the Wikimedia service built on the Zotero translators, across 18 works drawn at random — per source, with timings and every reported block re-checked from an unrelated network. Method and discussion.

13/13 fields complete0 false block reports0.35 s median

2026-08-01-print-vs-screenshot.json

The same article through the browser's print export and through full-page capture: page count, broken sentences, file size, recovered text. Method and discussion.

26 pages against 19 sentences cut file size