https://github.com/styfle/breaking-changes-web

💢 A list of breaking changes to the web platform
https://github.com/styfle/breaking-changes-web

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💢 A list of breaking changes to the web platform

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/styfle/breaking-changes-web
• Owner: styfle
• Created: 2018-03-08T15:17:13.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-08-30T19:50:36.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-22T11:16:03.559Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: deprecated, deprecation, deprecations, list, lists, web, web-platform
• Homepage: https://styfle.dev/projects/breaking-changes-web
• Size: 26.4 KB
• Stars: 354
• Watchers: 21
• Forks: 9
• Open Issues: 3
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Breaking Changes to the Web Platform

Over the years there have been necessary changes to the web platform that caused legacy websites to break.

Below is a list of those changes.

* SSL removed in favor of TLS [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security#SSL_1.0,_2.0,_and_3.0) (June 2015)

* Adobe Flash (SWF) End of Life [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#End_of_life) (December 2020)

* ``, ``, and many other tags removed [html5](https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/obsolete.html) (January 2008)

* `window.showModalDialog` removed [operablog](https://dev.opera.com/blog/showmodaldialog/) (August 2014)

* Passive touch listeners by default [googleblog](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/01/scrolling-intervention) (January 2017)

* Forms with passwords marked `Not Secure` over HTTP [googleblog](https://security.googleblog.com/2016/09/moving-towards-more-secure-web.html) (January 2017)

* ~~`Array.prototype.flatten` breaks MooTools [bugzilla](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1443630)~~ [renamed](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/03/smooshgate) to `Array.prototype.flat` (May 2018)

* Full page layout is no longer synchronous [googleblog](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/07/site-isolation#full-page_layout_is_no_longer_synchronous) (May 2018)

* HTML Imports (part of Web Components v0) deprecated [googleblog](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/09/chrome-70-deps-rems) (October 2018)

* WebSQL is removed [developer.apple.com](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safari-release-notes/safari-13-release-notes) (September 2019)

* Cookies changed from `SameSite=None` to `SameSite=Lax` by default [chromestatus](https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5088147346030592) [tweet](https://twitter.com/simonw/status/1422366158171238400) (August 2020)

* `alert()` and `confirm()` removed from cross-origin iframes [chromestatus](https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5148698084376576) [tweet](https://twitter.com/chriscoyier/status/1420027533005836298) (July 2021)

* Removing HTTP/2 Server Push from Chrome [chromeblog](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/removing-push/) (August 2022)