Re:Firefox is on a slippery slope
by phkahler on Saturday December 16, 2017 @05:32PM
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One problem with standards organizations is that they have a bunch of people whose job is to make new versions of the standard. Look at the evolution of openGL, the web, C++, Unicode (love hotel? Poop emoji?) and so on. Even ASCII evolved to 8bit and the got ansi escape codes, but it's stable now. C is fairly stable now but that's because all the new stuff is in C++ (much like HTML replaced ASCII).
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We’re pretty bad about frog boiling. When we amend a spec we think about how much more we added, not how big it’s gotten.
It’s part of the disconnect between new and old employees. Everyone who has been there for three years learned the system one piece at a time. They don’t understand why the new people look at them like they’re crazy.
Re:Firefox is on a slippery slope
by drchickensalad on Saturday December 16, 2017 @09:16PM
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The emoji character set originated in Japan. When it was turned to Unicode, they weren't going to just remove characters because some of the world doesn't care for it.
What's wrong with the evolution of OpenGL? Everything from OpenGL 3 and on has simply been focused on fixing the API without completely breaking old code, or exposing new GPU features. All of that was necessary.
Re:Firefox is on a slippery slope
by jonathankoren on Saturday December 16, 2017 @09:19PM
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Emoji was clearly designed for a date when the Japanese phone and telcoms decided to set union all their icons as font glyphs. Why do you need both left and right magnifying glass, and so many variations of train?