• RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz
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    20 hours ago

    Fuck google but as someone whos job it os to maintain a legacy website using xhtml/xslt, no, this is not a way forward. The concept is cool but the language itself - way too abstract and verbose compared to HTML templates.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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      40 minutes ago

      It goes back before AMP, according to the article. It also briefly lists several other attempts to fuck the general web standardization in favor of whatever the fuck they want, including two I wasn’t aware: deprecating XSLT and SMIL

    • paraphrand@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      You’re right. We should stop talking about it then. Thanks for the helpful insight.