Anyone who was an advocate of web Accessibility from the early days is someone who knew that we are all God's (or whoever's) children. Rest in peace, Molly.
Molly Holzschlag has died
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#12I worked with Molly for years at the Web Standards Project. We all owe her more than most people realize when it comes to being able to use and build on the modern web. There aren't many single individuals out there who had a larger impact than her. She was also just a lovely and inspiring human and those of us who were fortunate enough to spend time with her are better for it.
As sad as this is, it also isn't much of a surprise if you've been paying any attention. She's been very sick for a long time and publicly struggling with enormous medical expenses (there have been various crowdfunding efforts over the years and she had to sell her `molly.com` domain to pay for treatment).
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#13Thank you Molly for all you did, a lot of us will keep building on that.
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#14This is sad. She was omnipresent in the web development community, especially during pivotal moments for interoperability. Many of the things we take for granted these days we owe to her, the Web Standards Project, and people like her.
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#15Could we get a black bar?
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#16I worked with Molly for years at the Web Standards Project. We all owe her more than most people realize when it comes to being able to use and build on the modern web. There aren't many single individuals out there who had a larger impact than her. She was also just a lovely and inspiring human and those of us who were fortunate enough to spend time with her are better for it. As sad as this is, it also isn't much o…
> She's been very sick for a long time and publicly struggling with enormous medical expenses (there have been various crowdfunding efforts over the years and she had to sell her `molly.com` domain to pay for treatment).
My wife and I were both born in the U.S. and have lived here most of our lives; we love this place. The above is why we have zero intention to retire here.
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#17I worked with Molly for years at the Web Standards Project. We all owe her more than most people realize when it comes to being able to use and build on the modern web. There aren't many single individuals out there who had a larger impact than her. She was also just a lovely and inspiring human and those of us who were fortunate enough to spend time with her are better for it. As sad as this is, it also isn't much o…
F'ing incredible that the USA doesn't have universal healthcare yet. We lose so much efficiency, productivity, and creativity because of it. One of the primary reasons our average living standards keep going down.
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#18Molly was incredibly kind to me. I met her a few times at conferences, and she always seemed to be bright, quirky and impossibly energetic. I am sorry to see this happen to such a lovely person. I hope she rests in power!
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#19Could we get a black bar?
that would be fitting, I thought the same.
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#20I remember the first time I met her at a Web dev conference. She chatted with me for a half hour, telling stories of browser rivalries and HTML5’s renegade group that saved us all from XHTML. We ran into each other several times over the years. She always was kind, encouraging, and genuinely interested in what I had to say. She gave us all so much. Her suffering over the last decade was a cruel fate.