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If some bigwig has marked an API “depreciated”, but hasn’t provided a viable alternative and the user experience suffers when user agents stop allowing their us

If some bigwig has marked an API “depreciated”, but hasn’t provided a viable alternative and the user experience suffers when user agents stop allowing their users to invoke the helpful functionality, the agents who do let their users do what they want are not the issue.

kevingadd 2y ago
I miss the flash player and unity player plugins too. Remember how powerful activex was?
- robocat 2y ago
  The main issue with powerful tools is that they get used against you by threat actors. Our society sets limits based on the most selfish. Our computers get limitations based on the most effective threat.
  - dumbo-octopus 2y ago
    The only “problem” with the clipboard API is shitty applications blindly trusting client data.
    - layer8 2y ago
      Perl did something right with its taint mode: https://perldoc.perl.org/perlsec#Taint-mode https://perldoc.perl.org/perlsec#Taint-mode
      - deleted 2y ago
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- talldayo 2y ago
  The only thing wrong with all three things you mentioned is that they're proprietary. Google is not holding the web hostage with W3C standards.
RajT88 2y ago
Nitpick: Depreciated means gone down in value. Deprecated means made obsolete. I hear this all the time at work. Drives me nuts.
- ggm 2y ago
  Join me, and we can form an army. We need to solve this, and "learnings". I think it's possible this becomes the Butlerian Jihad but without spice.
  - defrost 2y ago
    You want spice? Irregardless, I could care less.
    - anileated 2y ago
      As long as you have the codes!
    - colecut 2y ago
      That's literally bonkers
      - ggm 2y ago
        Literally, Figuratively, Virtually and Actually. Great words, frequently misused. I also adore "very unique"
        colecut 2y ago
        "Literally" has been abused so much that they have officially made an informal definition of it to mean "figuratively." Which means "literally" is now its own antonym. Pretty wild
  - JadeNB 2y ago
    > We need to solve this, and "learnings". What is "learnings"?

kevingadd 2y ago

I miss the flash player and unity player plugins too. Remember how powerful activex was?

robocat 2y ago
The main issue with powerful tools is that they get used against you by threat actors. Our society sets limits based on the most selfish. Our computers get limitations based on the most effective threat.
- dumbo-octopus 2y ago
  The only “problem” with the clipboard API is shitty applications blindly trusting client data.
  - layer8 2y ago
    Perl did something right with its taint mode: https://perldoc.perl.org/perlsec#Taint-mode https://perldoc.perl.org/perlsec#Taint-mode
    - deleted 2y ago
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talldayo 2y ago
The only thing wrong with all three things you mentioned is that they're proprietary. Google is not holding the web hostage with W3C standards.

RajT88 2y ago

Nitpick: Depreciated means gone down in value. Deprecated means made obsolete. I hear this all the time at work. Drives me nuts.

ggm 2y ago
Join me, and we can form an army. We need to solve this, and "learnings". I think it's possible this becomes the Butlerian Jihad but without spice.
- defrost 2y ago
  You want spice? Irregardless, I could care less.
  - anileated 2y ago
    As long as you have the codes!
  - colecut 2y ago
    That's literally bonkers
    - ggm 2y ago
      Literally, Figuratively, Virtually and Actually. Great words, frequently misused. I also adore "very unique"
      - colecut 2y ago
        "Literally" has been abused so much that they have officially made an informal definition of it to mean "figuratively." Which means "literally" is now its own antonym. Pretty wild
- JadeNB 2y ago
  > We need to solve this, and "learnings". What is "learnings"?