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carlosjobim ◴[11 Nov 25 15:01 UTC] No.45887999[source]▶

They are wrong. Most OS native date pickers are very bad from a usability perspective. A javascript date picker fixes these issues, and allows more functions.

And why are they arguing against their own product? Even making up bogus claims that using js date pickers would be illegal in Europe?

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1. AugurCognito ◴[11 Nov 25 18:51 UTC] No.45891225[source]▶

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https://github.com/Pikaday/Pikaday

> We’ve decided to archive the Pikaday repository on GitHub. The project has not been actively maintained for years.

> Pikaday was started before <input type="date"> was supported in browsers and before custom elements and component frameworks. Pikaday is probably not the right choice today.

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Pikaday: A friendly guide to front-end date pickers