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Browser specifications

26th July 2002

Browser Specifications:

This document attempts to explain why forward-compatibility matters, and why we, and our clients, should carefully consider the browser specifications of every project.

Posted 26th July 2002 at 11:59 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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