Don't Break the Web

The cluster centers on debates about browser vendors removing or restricting features (like plugins or non-standard tech) versus the 'don't break the web' principle, which prioritizes backward compatibility to avoid breaking sites and preserve the open web.

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ildjarn Feb 14, 2024 View on HN

Genuine question: why is it bad for the web?

Vinnl Jan 26, 2020 View on HN

That would be incompatible with the mantra 'don't break the web', I'm afraid.

Lio Dec 13, 2022 View on HN

Why shouldn't the open web still be a thing?

anticensor Jun 14, 2020 View on HN

They will not as it will cause a serious backlash from web developers for making it a Googlenet viewer rather than a web browser.

obviouslygreen Apr 23, 2013 View on HN

Take a lesson from the user backlash that happens every time a browser removes a feature: Don't do that. The best you can do is encourage developers to use an alternative. The worst you can do is to force it on people who don't share your point of view.

tjoff Jul 29, 2022 View on HN

You don't. And that is not a problem worth sacrificing the web for.

glhaynes Apr 12, 2010 View on HN

The post you're replying to specifically said that it "worked for the web". Nobody's trying to take away the open web.

candiodari Oct 30, 2018 View on HN

If this is how it works, enforcing this ... would end the web. How much thought was put into that ?

Cacti Nov 6, 2017 View on HN

It's not the browser developers jobs to police the web.

rtkwe Jun 25, 2019 View on HN

"I disabled one of the core technologies of the modern web and it breaks things."