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I feel like if you're trying to make code Just Work on both the web and any other platform, you either end up implementing HTML and CSS for the other platform,
by remexre 6y ago
I feel like if you're trying to make code Just Work on both the web and any other platform, you either end up implementing HTML and CSS for the other platform, or do something that breaks the web.
> Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
> - Alan Perlis
- detaro 6y agoYou won't get it automatically foolproof, but you'll have at least a good chunk of the information you could expose, and have extension places for developers to easily inform a HTML version. I'm not familiar with the accessibility APIs on mobile, but I presume some of this would also be useful for them.
- rektide 6y agoAlas a bunch of absolutely positioned elements wasn't enough. The team went full "the web is now VNC" mode.