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On a similar note, remember XHTML? Remember the industry widely agreeing HTML wasn't XML? Sure there's the structure portion of that equation, but now custom ta
by andrewmcwatters 11y ago
On a similar note, remember XHTML? Remember the industry widely agreeing HTML wasn't XML? Sure there's the structure portion of that equation, but now custom tags are commonplace and it's almost like we're back where we started, but now people have changed their stance.
It's hard to read the industry when people are throwing out thorough progressive enhancement in favor of thick client SPAs, when not too long ago people praised development practices that ensured JavaScript was not a necessity for experiencing the web.
I feel like we nearly had everything perfect, but then new frameworks and tooling came around and challenged these things. We're in a better place now I think, but we've left behind some great development practices, too.