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Probably because of the significant differences in browsers back then. Code didn't "just work" in all browsers. jQuery came along and became popular because it
by codingdave 2y ago
Probably because of the significant differences in browsers back then. Code didn't "just work" in all browsers. jQuery came along and became popular because it brought consistency and allowed you to write code that worked cross-browser. Then everyone used it and everything became spaghetti. React came along and was better. Now we're able to look at it all with many years of hindsight and seek out simpler approaches, without having to fight browser inconsistencies.
- rafark 2y agoI miss people caring about compatibility with older browsers. People even used to care about people who disabled JavaScript. Nowadays people seem to not gaf about older browsers. They somehow want everyone to be on the bleeding edge. What happened?
- meiraleal 2y ago> They somehow want everyone to be on the bleeding edge. What happened? It is one order of magnitude easier to ship a software to the last version of the major browsers than supporting all older versions of them including IE with disabled javascript.
- rafark 2y agoWithout a doubt it’s easier. But don’t we have more tools than before? Don’t companies & organizations have more employees/developers than before? Why are we getting less with more? I feel like there were higher standards in the jquery era.