State of the web - HTML5

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  • boobs0

    I don't think you can reach every single user out there. Because that would mean sites should just be plain text, with no Javascript or images. Because people can turn off Javascript and images.

    I think what people need to look at, and decide, is how much effort to put into reaching the last 4 or 5 percent of users out there who are on poor connections, with out-of-date browsers.

    Because it can take an enormous amount of effort to reach those last few users. Communication is something of a two-way street. And if someone out there is still on an 386 computer running Explorer 2.0, or whatever, and just using a 14kbaud connection, they've indicated that they don't really want to participate in communication.

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