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Google is killing the open web, part 2

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418 points akagusu | 2 comments | 17 Nov 25 15:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.444s | 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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James_K ◴[17 Nov 25 17:31 UTC] No.45955821[source]▶
I use XSLT because I want my website to work for users with JavaScript disabled and I want to present my Atom feed link as an HTML document on a statically hosted site without breaking standards compliance. Hope this helps.
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1. cpill ◴[17 Nov 25 21:19 UTC] No.45958444[source]▶
Yeah, but WHY? If they are on the website, why would they want to look at the feed for the website, on the website, in the browser instead of just looking at the website? If the feed is so amazing, why have the website in the first place? Oh yeah, you need something to make the feed off :D
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2. Fileformat ◴[17 Nov 25 23:06 UTC] No.45959472[source]▶
I don't want the feed to look amazing. I just don't want to present a wall of XML text to non-technical users who don't know what an RSS feed is!