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"the future is more complexity" is how we arrived to the modern web.

• _Nat_ 7y ago
  Could you explain that a bit? For example, are you implying that the modern web is somehow too complex? Or/and are you implying that we should've stuck to some simpler alternative than the modern web? And if so, what might that alternative have been? I don't mean to put words in your mouth, just trying to figure out what you meant.
  • equdi 7y ago
    The usual argument in the anti-Chrome threads, which I agree with, is that it's very hard or even impossible to create a new browser and maintain it because of how many features exist and must be supported. Even Microsoft failed. But, I'm sorry, I have nothing to propose on how to simplify the web. And it would also be offtopic here in this thread... :-) I just believe that adding complexity is most of the time a bad idea.
    • _Nat_ 7y ago
      Ohh that's actually a good point! And I'd liken LaTeX to Chrome in that regard. This is, like Microsoft Internet Explorer before it, people have to use it and work with it because it's the standard that everyone has -- not because it's necessarily the best. You're right, the broader issue of ingrained standards creating cultural inertia is a big topic that's probably too much to address here.