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  1. comment
    Comment #47960629

    It's not pearl clutching to suggest that websites will build around quirks of a specific model and then we'll be stuck with it forever. This is an issue for future Google as much a…

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    Comment #47753387

    There's something to be said for the security benefits of not having a JIT though. Especially if you've used Rust for the engine you should have pretty solid security.

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    Comment #45012040

    https://github.com/mfreed7/xslt_polyfill/pull/5 - it will be able to do this soon.

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    Comment #45011745

    https://github.com/mfreed7/xslt_polyfill/pull/5 - someone's made a PR that looks like it would allow Mason's polyfill to work directly from the XML file.

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    Comment #45011645

    Someone's already added a PR to allow exactly that. You just include a script tag within your XML file.

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    Comment #45011613

    Another big example is mutation events which are gone across the board now.

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    Comment #45011567

    Why is it better to drop users onto the RSS page and say copy the URL in the address bar, rather than just giving a copy button that puts it on the clipboard and say put this in yo…

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    Comment #45003956

    You've completely disregarded the other examples of breaking changes that have already been made. The open web still survives afterwards. The web isn't immutable no matter how much…

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    Comment #44954471

    Fwiw the meetings aren't closed, unlike w3c the whatwg doesn't require paid membership to attend. The bug trackers are also a fine place to provide community feedback. For example …

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    Comment #44952989

    Thing is the new APIs added to the web are generally quite well specified with quite good tests. These older legacy APIs sometimes don't even have a standard and almost definitely …

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    Comment #44952884

    Mutation Events were once in all 3 moderns engines plus some legacy ones and is now removed from everything. Third-party cookies are now heavily restricted and while not quite remo…