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> but MSO’s team understands that they can only remain the most desirable modern supercars ever made if they work on keeping them functional, drivable and just

• sangnoir 10y ago
  > JavaScript frameworks could learn something from this. In the frontend web development world, backward compatibility and stability are severely underrated. I'll play the devil's advocate for the HN's favorite whipping boy: anyone's decision to keep up with the latest and greatest JS libraries is entirely voluntary. It's like complaining that fashion magazines keep declaring new "colors for the season" every summer when you can keep wearing jeans and white tees from 4 years back. The "web development world" is fashion driven (aesthetically), and currently "flat" is in. A site that looks like it's from the 90's is a signal that the site is stale (and hence less current), or sometimes an overt signal by owner to say "we don't care about aesthetics, we provide overwhelming value in other areas" (HN and craigslist come to mind). The web is immature compared to automobiles: the standards are always evolving to keep up with real-world usage. 'border-radius' is an improvement on background images from the 90's (which still work, btw). Browsers cannot be accused of not being backward compatible - that is why websites from 1992 still render correctly in modern browsers, sans <blink> (thank goodness)