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View submission: Out with 2016, in with 2017
Yes. The limiting factor for improvements isn't ideas, it's our ancient codebase and hesitation to break things like RES and custom styles. In that respect, I feel like we've been held hostage from a development point of view (Stockholm syndrome?). That's why we're so excited to rewrite desktop web. It's going to be a doozy, but worth it in the end.
Sometimes you got to suck it up and break a few eggs. Every major piece of software goes through complete redesigns and refactors. If they don't, they don't last.
And this is coming from a user that will probably be annoyed at the kind of damage that breaking a few eggs will cost. But it has to be done.
I mean, look at FARK. Deep down, it's basically the same web site they launched almost 20 years ago. Still no comment voting. Still the same old tech that never adapted to how forums work now. Still unwilling to change.
There's nothing here!