While many challenges remain, the good news is … it’s progressive. Developers can already see the benefits by sprinkling in these technologies to their existing websites and proceed to build on them as browsers and operating systems increase support.
The web will be so much better when we have images.
The web will be so much better when we can use more than 216 colours.
The web will be so much better when we have Cascading Style Sheets.
The web will be so much better when we have Cascading Style Sheets that work the same way in different browsers.
The web will be so much better when we have JavaScript.
The web will be so much better when we have JavaScript that works the same way in different browsers.
The web will be so much better when people stop using Netscape Navigator 4.
The web will be so much better when people stop using Internet Explorer 6.
The web will be so much better when we can access it on our mobile phones.
The web will be so much better when we have native video support.
The web will be so much better when we have native video support that works the same way in different browsers.
The web will be so much better when Flash dies.
The web will be so much better when we have more than a handful of fonts.
The web will be so much better when nobody is running Windows XP anymore.
The web will be so much better when nobody is running Android 2 anymore.
The web will be so much better when we have smooth animations.
The web will be so much better when websites can still work offline.
The web will be so much better when we get push notifications.
The web will be so much better when…
This is not “horrifying”—as a developer, this is invigorating.
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