But here’s the deeper cut:
That little grey box. Those four cold words. This browser is not supported
But you don’t need their permission to read. But here’s the deeper cut: That little grey box
And that is the difference between a technical limitation and a cultural statement. And that is the difference between a technical
So maybe that’s the real post.
Behind every “unsupported browser” is a developer who decided not to write the fallback code. Not because it was impossible, but because it was unprofitable. Or unfashionable. Or because the framework they used didn’t support it, and retooling the framework would take three extra days. And in the velocity-driven logic of the web, three days is a geological era.
We have confused compatibility with community . We have decided that if you won’t run our preferred software, you don’t get to sit at our table. And we have the audacity to frame it as progress.