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Re:10 Weird HTML Hacks That Shaped the Internet by explaininjs on Friday December 01, 2023 @01:13PM (#38490119)
> won't be finalized for 10 years

That's optimistic, optimistically. It's a group of ivory tower academics with no stake in any browser implementation acting like they have any right to tell actual browser implementors how to behave.

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Re:10 Weird HTML Hacks That Shaped the Internet by reddalo on Friday December 01, 2023 @03:49PM (#38492172)
> acting like they have any right to tell actual browser implementors how to behave

Well, I totally prefer that, than letting Google decide by themselves

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Re:10 Weird HTML Hacks That Shaped the Internet by explaininjs on Friday December 01, 2023 @04:29PM (#38492711)
Have you ever had academics that have nothing to do with you, your company, or your product, tell you how to do your job?

And besides, what makes you think Google listens to them?

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