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Ironically, that text is all you get if you load the site from a text browser (Lynx etc.) It doesn't feel too different from <noscript>This website requires JavaScript</noscript>...

I now wonder if XSLT is implemented by any browser that isn't controlled by Google (or derived from one that is).

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> now wonder if XSLT is implemented by any browser that isn't controlled by Google (or derived from one that is).

Edge IE 11 mode is still there for you. Which also supports IE 6+ like it always did, presumably. They didn’t reimplement IE in Edge; IE is still there. Microsoft was all in on xml technologies back in the day.

Firefox haven't removed XSLT support yet.

I should've worded differently. By the narrative of this website, Google is "paying" Mozilla & Apple to remove XSLT, thus they are "controlled" by Google.

I personally don't quite believe it's all that black and white, just wanted to point out that the "open web" argument is questionable even if you accept this premise.

It’s a joke.

The problem is that the web is no longer really "open". Google kind of controls most of it right now. Just look at all the admoney influx.

Pale Moon still has XSLT support and has no plans to remove it: https://outerheaven.club/notice/AxFlFCfzzgRRpvubVw

I suspect that it wouldn't actually be that difficult to add XSLT support to a textmode browser, given that XSLT libraries exist and that XSLT in the browser is a straightforward application of it. They just haven't bothered with it.

The page works fine in Mobile Safari.

Opera.

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