Re:We're building a browser when it's supposed to be impossible
by forgotpwd16 on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @06:41AM
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Re:We're building a browser when it's supposed to be impossible
by arp242 on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @07:41AM
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The HTML 3.1 specification is essentially irrelevant for implementing a modern browser; and you certainly don't need HTML 5.0, and, HTML 5.1, and HTML 5.2, and HTML 5.3, and, HTML 4.0, and, HTML 4.01, and, HTML 3.2, and, XHTML 1.0, and, XHTML 1.1, and, XHTML 2. These are large documents; possibly the largest in the set.
It takes a minute to spot-check; some specific examples were provided in the previous thread. I don't have the list any more and can't be bothered to recreate it; what value is there if you can just check Drew's list – which is really not that hard? I also have no idea how correct it is, exactly; I suspect the actual number would be even lower still.
Whether the web is "too complex" is a different matter and open to interpretation as "too complex" is subjective. But the data very wrong and therefore the article is wrong. A "correct" conclusion with faulty arguments is just as worthless as an incorrect conclusion: any possible solution depends on a correct understanding of the situation. "Global warming happens because of pornography, therefore we must ban pornography" is just as useless as "global warming is a fake fraud" even though the conclusion of the first is correct.