Let's Save The Internet

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Browsers still behave differently despite the end of the browser wars; the concrete fix is reporting and fixing cross‑browser bugs. A community project at webcompat.com triages reports (reporting "literally takes two minutes") and accepts PRs; a ~400‑vote poll shows 79% of people never report bugs. Use specs and reference docs like MDN and compatibility data on caniuse, avoid relying on vendor prefixes, add polyfills, and run automated checks with Selenium and visual regression (headless screenshots) to catch real incompatibilities.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:03Vac Compatibility
3. 8:20Netscape Navigator
4. 20:04What Are Specs
5. 20:59How Can You Produce Clean Code
6. 24:55Visual Russian Testing

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