I'd be curious about that actually, feel like W3C specifications (I don't mean browser support of them) rarely deprecate and precisely try to keep the Web running.
Yes, now please prepare an email template which renders fine in outlook using modern web standards. Write it up if you succeed, front page of HN guaranteed!
in case folks are missing the context
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46183294
That is not a meaningful metric given that we don't live in 1996 and neither do our web standards.
In what year was it meaningful to have pelicans riding bicycles?
SVG is a current standard. Do not be coy just to satisfy your urge to disagree.
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> neither do our web standards
I'd be curious about that actually, feel like W3C specifications (I don't mean browser support of them) rarely deprecate and precisely try to keep the Web running.
Yes, now please prepare an email template which renders fine in outlook using modern web standards. Write it up if you succeed, front page of HN guaranteed!
The parent comment is a reference to a different story that was on the HN home page yesterday where someone attempted that with Claude.
Yes, and I had a lengthier response in that thread explaining why this isn't a useful metric.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46183673
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