- From: Ashley Gullen <ashley@scirra.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 11:01:15 +0100
- To: "Lewis Dexter Litanzios / ldexterldesign" <mail@ldexterldesign.co.uk>
- Cc: "whatwg@lists.whatwg.org" <whatwg@lists.whatwg.org>
Adding is often the only technically sensible solution. For example if the default CSS box model was changed, a vast amount of existing content on the web that relies on it working the way it already does would be broken. So new models are added instead, like flexbox, which solves a great many problems with the old model. If the existing solutions were instead altered, you'd just be replaced by probably an even greater number of people complaining how WHATWG keeps breaking the web. On 3 June 2015 at 00:22, Lewis Dexter Litanzios / ldexterldesign < mail@ldexterldesign.co.uk> wrote: > Hey, > > Philosophically speaking, it's probably a western thing - we're all > obsessed with growth ~ > https://twitter.com/ldexterldesign/status/494915879176777729 > > Regards > > > On 18/05/2015 18:57, Jens Oliver Meiert wrote: > >> A few concerns about the growth of HTML &c.: >> http://meiert.com/en/blog/20150518/fing-up-standards/. >> >> Personally I’ve been concerned about this for some time—from my view >> common HTML and CSS code gets worse by the hour, with problems >> typically being addressed by what caused them in the first place: new >> features. (This is a generalization, but you get my drift.) >> >> However, this is solely meant to keep the topic alive. >> >> (Also shared with two other groups, posted separately to honor group >> preferences.) >> >> -- >> Jens Oliver Meiert >> http://meiert.com/en/ >> >> ☆ http://coderesponsibly.org/ >> > > -- > ldexterldesign ldexterldesign <http://www.ldexterldesign.co.uk/> > Lewis Dexter Litanzios > User Experience Designer > +44 7504 907 304 > >
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