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This is one place where the Web continues to reign supreme. Did we re-implement an OS on top of our OS? Sure. But it's been a tremendous success for accessibili
by bpicolo 9y ago
This is one place where the Web continues to reign supreme. Did we re-implement an OS on top of our OS? Sure. But it's been a tremendous success for accessibility.
- yesenadam 9y agoSorry, I didn't understand any of those sentences.
- bpicolo 9y agoI mean that the web has been a tremendous success story for long-term backwards compatibility and widespread access. We've lost a few pieces of technology, like Flash, but overall you can take any modern browser and go visit ages old websites and find them fully functioning. Here's Bob Dole's 1996 campaign site: http://www.dolekemp96.org/main.htm http://www.dolekemp96.org/main.htm Browsers are on every platform, and for the most part different platforms require no different code for your web application to work. Mobile vs Desktop, Android vs Windows, you get it all.
- yesenadam 9y agoOhh right, thank you for explaining. Hmm but e.g. a lot of new websites dont work on any available browser on my computer. The problem is so many new sites need a new computer to work properly—as if they're only tested by people with new computers—not that new computers have a problem with old sites. Maybe I should, uh, buy a new computer. :-) But I figure there are as many people using computers as old as mine, as using brand new ones, maybe not. But I've realized there are two kinds of backwards compatibility, thanks.
- bpicolo 9y agoHah yeah, forwards-compatibility is a separate issue there.