PSA: when developers gripe about vendors "breaking the web", this is the web we're trying to keep: http://www.warnerbros.com/archive/spacejam/movie/jam.htm … https://twitter.com/nolanlawson/status/832779018822787072 …
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Replying to @mixonic
there are indeed tradeoffs to every decision. I could say that faster moving browsers that champion perf drive more adoption.
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Replying to @TheLarkInn
championing performance is compatible with a strong commitment to backwards compatibility.
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Replying to @mixonic
oh yeah they aren't MutEx but sometimes they are. It too nuanced without looking at data, motivation, etc.
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Replying to @TheLarkInn @mixonic
they very rarely are if you work at it. Most claims that they're mutex come before a serious compat effort undertaken.
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let's solution, what if all of us agreed on a breakage threshold? That way we don't get too argue "it's justifiable"
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Replying to @TheLarkInn @mixonic
the TC39 approach is: first try to find a compatible solution, base "compatible" on reality ... 1/
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(if a tree fall in the forest ...), if only a handful of sites break, reach out, if more than a handful break, 2/
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try harder. So far, we've never needed to go further and intentionally break many sites to achieve goals, but it's 3/
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because we work really hard on compat. Example: @@unscopeables, which declares new properties on old objects 4/
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not subject to the legacy with() feature. Maintains compat, but doesn't treat rationalizing legacy features as an 5/
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important constraint. More like this and we wouldn't be having the conversation so often. 6/6
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