Intro
A thought experiment from the perspective of many years.
Earlier times, “cross-browser compatibility” was a super rhyme for agencies developing application. In 2000s.
Since @supports (2019) static method been, and container queries (2022) placed, CSS logic started transforming irreversible.
Cross-browser
- The browser support of style definitions been querying by @supports rules easily: https://caniuse.com/css-supports-api
- The app/lib UI logic might been built for the most supported props, it is a personal interest at the first of the app/lib need to work with a huge range of devices!
- Browsers cruel race increasingly rises face-to-face to support CSS features wider and earlier as well.
Nobody like unsupported style definitions.
As we see, creating an app for “everybody” in 2023 means making CSS for…
- a large scale of viewport range availability
container queries from XS mobiles to 4K TVs. - a large number of browsers
backward compatibility also represented by having default styles updated by @supports rule extensions if available. - the complexity of the application logic even more and more robust
supporting x browser y version z viewport size. It is also can be solved.
Conclusion
Although in the age of Singularity, this is not our biggest problem available to create an app for a new arrival company, even so how we manage and keeps up the thing called Internet what is the citadel of human knowledge, hopefully not consumed finally by AI robots.
