This is about the exact opposite of archival: backwards compatibility. We don’t want to split the web into old web and new web. Having to switch browsers for decade old pages as we encounter them, raising the barrier to entry for that lore of old, effectively sepulchring it from the public.
99% of the web’s users are not going to understand when to switch browsers, how, nor why.
> This is about the exact opposite of archival: backwards compatibility. We don’t want to split the web into old web and new web.
It happens anyways regardless of what people want. The 90s era web doesn't work properly in modern browsers and 90s era browsers don't work with the modern web.
> 99% of the web’s users are not going to understand when to switch browsers, how, nor why.
This also happens naturally. Chrome is the most popular browser and it doesn't come with most operating systems. That is something users must switch to.
This is about the exact opposite of archival: backwards compatibility. We don’t want to split the web into old web and new web. Having to switch browsers for decade old pages as we encounter them, raising the barrier to entry for that lore of old, effectively sepulchring it from the public.
99% of the web’s users are not going to understand when to switch browsers, how, nor why.