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0 pointsrobocat9mo ago0 comments

> It would've be perfectly adequate to require script and CSS to be put into external "resources" linked via src/href

Bullshit - Navigator and IE didn't have HTTP/2. I'm guessing you didn't use dialup where your external CSS or JavaScript regularly failed to load. You didn't add extra dependencies because IE would only had two concurrent connections to load files.

It's easy to criticize past mistakes from your armchair: but I suggest you try and be a little more fair towards the people that made decisions especially when overall HTML has been a resounding success.

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tannhaeuser9mo ago

I suggest you try and check what the people you're accusing of armchair attitudes in fact were and are doing to solve problems.

Have you done even a single thing in the markup community?

robocatOP9mo ago

Sorry - I shouldn't be so flippant.

Engineers hate bad compromises, and the core of engineering is making good compromises. Creating anything makes you your own critic.

edoceo9mo ago

Time makes a fool of everyone.

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