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Google is killing the open web, part 2

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418 points akagusu | 1 comments | 17 Nov 25 15:41 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Aurornis ◴[17 Nov 25 16:31 UTC] No.45955140[source]▶
I have yet to read an article complaining about XSLT deprecation from someone who can explain why they actually used it and why it’s important to them.

> I will keep using XSLT, and in fact will look for new opportunities to rely on it.

This is the closest I’ve seen, but it’s not an explanation of why it was important before the deprecation. It’s a declaration that they’re using it as an act of rebellion.

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1. crazygringo ◴[17 Nov 25 16:37 UTC] No.45955238[source]▶
Yeah, the idea that it's some kind of foundation of the "open web" is quite silly.

I've used XSLT plenty for transforming XML data for enterprises but that's all backend stuff.

Until this whole kerfuffle I never knew there was support for it in the browser in the first place. Nor, it seems, did most people.

If there's some enterprise software that uses it to transform some XML that an API produces into something else client-side, relying on a polyfill seems perfectly reasonable. Or just move that data transformation to the back-end.