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> I'd argue the biggest flaw with the web is it has a million nit-picky features when it should ONLY offer JavaScript+canvas

That would break the web, though? One of the biggest _strengths_ of the web is backwards compatibility.. I, for one, am grateful to use modern browsers to consume older content and apps.

This is a "the web made a fatal mistake in the past and should have done X" argument and not a "the web should now do X" argument, though if you want a forward-looking suggestion we need to immediately stop adding NEW behaviors.

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