On: Converting my PhD thesis into HTML (2021)

[felixfbecker]

What HTML document from 10 or 20 years ago does not still render in a modern browser? Modern browsers are extremely good to maintaining backwards compatibility at all costs (aka "don't break the web"), to the degree many on HN often argue it hinders evolving web technologies.

[jltsiren → felixfbecker]

The ones that relied on Flash, for example. And the layouts designed for 800x600 displays may not work particularly well on modern computers.