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reconbot I think there's a few underlying problems that make it complicated, the first is that there were metrics that said it wasn't in heavy use but the metrics seem like they were prob wrong: slightlylate/1423051145140871175
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reconbot I think there was a failure of proactive messaging that would have greatly helped, but is a problem that almost every part of the web platform has. pwnallthethings/1423068975940919300
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reconbot The initial plan is (as I understand) just to remove cross-origin alerts, and I think that's a legit initial step that creates good responses and addresses security concerns AND creates an opportunity for more responses and feedback on the broader project that can steer it.
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reconbot And finally, I do think, just *security* and not also performance is a reasonable reason to depreciate something. I don't know how commonly alert is used (and it's clear that no one does) but I think it can very reasonably be replaced by devs...
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reconbot I think web specifications are living documents & they will change. A web application requires development & updates like anything else. I think there was a trend at one point to really try and freeze particular features, but safety is the best argument to unfreeze them imo.