Read this. It’s priceless.
Look folks, I know that software rot (sometimes called “progress”) keeps growing, and backwards compatibility is not always possible. At one point I changed my TeX78 system to TeX82 and refused to support the older conventions. […] But in this case I see absolutely no reason why system people who are supposedly committed to helping the world’s users from all the various cultures are suddenly blasting me in the face and telling me that you no longer support things that every decent browser understands perfectly well.
(via Danny)