I thought we had things like this solved. Good grief.
Molly E. Holzschlag @mholzschlag
18 Feb 2022
Okay kids did I just fall asleep for 10 years? 😭😩😴🤣 This is like my life repeating and where the hell is the web standards project our work here is never done! appleinsider.com/articles/22…
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I know I spend my freaking career and so did so many others trying to stop this stupid UA sniffing bullshit. But then again I've heard otherwise good devs question when they should or shouldn't use alternative text. Nobody asks about tables anymore though perhaps that's a relief?
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So this only affects site that are UA sniffing?
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Replying to @webcraftsman
Theoretically. I cannot give you a solid yes because I am not engaged in those conversations directly with browser companies at this point. I gave my entire adult life working to better the web and web browsers. Those Wars really nearly did kill me. I'm not doing that again.

Feb 19, 2022 · 12:58 AM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
Thank you for all your hard work to make the Web better. It impacts my work every single day.
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