If Unix or Linux could have limited itself to a far smaller subset, it would likely have taken over the world by now.Uhm, Unix and Linux do own the world. Desktop PCs are an anomaly in the computing world: phones, servers, TVs, tablets, networking gear, supercomputers, multimedia players, many GPS devices, are all predominantly running Unix or Unix-like.
I shudder when I think of the type of damage this sort of thing can do to HTML and web technology.
Breaks to the standard web technologies have brought us, among others:
- JPEG support (Netscape)
- File uploads (Netscape)
- Javascript (Netscape)
- AJAX/XMLHttpRequest (IE)
- Canvas (Apple's Webkit)
- nofollow links (Google)
They can be problematic if they're proprietary (i.e. ActiveX), but they're not necessarily bad.
Uhm, Unix and Linux do own the world. Desktop PCs are an anomaly in the computing world: phones, servers, TVs, tablets, networking gear, supercomputers, multimedia players, many GPS devices, are all predominantly running Unix or Unix-like.
I shudder when I think of the type of damage this sort of thing can do to HTML and web technology.
Breaks to the standard web technologies have brought us, among others:
- JPEG support (Netscape)
- File uploads (Netscape)
- Javascript (Netscape)
- AJAX/XMLHttpRequest (IE)
- Canvas (Apple's Webkit)
- nofollow links (Google)
They can be problematic if they're proprietary (i.e. ActiveX), but they're not necessarily bad.