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> I'd argue that the main actors (and others) have driven the web backwards, not forwards. They've done this by the push towards capturing consumers in a walled
by shadowfox 10y ago
> I'd argue that the main actors (and others) have driven the web backwards, not forwards. They've done this by the push towards capturing consumers in a walled garden, the rejection of open standards, the embrace of DRM, the selling of user private data for profit, etc
That could well be. I just don't quite see what that has to do with moving Javascript forward.
- wodencafe 10y agoIt doesn't, it's about Javascript being driven backwards by big $.
- ben_jones 10y agoThat just opens a pedantic conversation on what "forwards" is, which is mostly relative. A PM will think "forward" is faster development, an engineer might view "forward" as better best practices and better mean software quality. "Forwards" to Facebook is more ad impressions. The real answer is probably a combination of all the above, which qualifies for GP's comment.