On: So you want to build a browser engine

[eropple]

Even if you don't care about that (and you should!), "you can't highlight text [without doing additional work that nobody will do because it wasn't an explicit KPI for them]" is itself really disappointing and bad.

We escaped Flash. We shouldn't clamor to go back.

[bdahz → eropple]

The reasons to escape Flash are the performance and power-consumption issues, rather than accessibility.

If you take browser as a document viewer then accessibility is critical. However if you take browser as a universal application platform, then accessibility is not necessary, right?

[bdahz → bdahz]

Sorry, I was just raising my question. Because in my country most app maker does not care about accessibility. Now I know.

[robin_reala → bdahz]

No? Why shouldn’t apps be accessible?

[RussianCow → bdahz]

> However if you take browser as a universal application platform, then accessibility is not necessary, right?

Are you really suggesting that people with disabilities shouldn't be able to use web apps?