Remembering the web’s past is really important—especially in terms of how and why web standards came about. We must not obsess over nostalgia, though. The web is a completely different place now, with a much more diverse workforce. Remember that.
One thing I would like to see with client-side routers is feedback, like when you click a link, a browser shows something is happening. You don’t get that with client routers. Maybe client routers should bail after X milliseconds and fall back to standard links.
? We popped to Gloucester Cathedral today. As a massive fan of architecture and art, it’s lush. The religious bit isn’t my bag at all, though.
This is my last post on this blog before we leave the European Union at 11pm. Thanks for being so good to us, European pals—even as we, the tiny, insignificant “United” Kingdom ripped ourselves apart. Keep a seat warm for us, will you? ???