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Summary: The Web is not improving; it's only getting worse over time and people are rightly bitter about it, so we can recommend going back to basics or even defecting to Gemini

The other night it was noted in IRC that some courts in the US still insist that you use Microsoft browsers. Yes, in 2022! Ryan shares this link which says: "Additionally, the forms work best if you access them using Microsoft Edge (recommended) or Internet Explorer as your web browser. If you use Chrome, Firefox, or Safari, do NOT fill out these forms directly within your browser."

Since when have Web browsers become PDF editors and why are such instructions being shared when we have a supposedly "open" Web? When we recently redesigned news.tuxmachines.org we were careful to ensure it worked with almost any browser, even very old ones and niche ones like Netsurf.

The video above explains the sad situation and the severity of the matter. Today's Web browsers have reached the point where they're not even a canvas for a rendering engine. They're more like virtual machines for executing binaries remotely sent from questionable sources. It is that among other factors that led to our adoption of Gemini. news.tuxmachines.org is already available in Geminispace over at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/ and we intend to use that same CMS here in Techrights (we're still actively developing it and fixing bugs). ⬆