- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 18:03:23 +0200
- To: duanyao <duanyao@ustc.edu>
- Cc: David Kendal <me@dpk.io>, "whatwg@whatwg.org" <whatwg@whatwg.org>, Domenic Denicola <d@domenic.me>
On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 5:53 PM, duanyao <duanyao@ustc.edu> wrote: > When we want to write a web application portable across multiple server > OSes, these issues could happen too. Yes, but then you run into implementation bugs. Which are a very different category from proprietary OS design decisions. > I think "portable" is never absolute. Sure, but at least that's the goal for those participating in the non-proprietary web ecosystem. > There are always incompatibilities > between browsers, and even once standardized feature can be > deprecated/removed in future, e.g. `window.showModalDialog()`, > `<applet>` and `<keygen>`. This happens rarely and when it happens it's a very considered decision involving lots of people. It's usually related to complexity, lack of use, and security. -- https://annevankesteren.nl/
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