📝 Making XML human-readable without XSLT.
Turns out, JavaScript works pretty well!
jakearchibald.com/2025/making-...
Turns out, JavaScript works pretty well!
jakearchibald.com/2025/making-...
Making XML human-readable without XSLT
JavaScript is right there.
jakearchibald.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
📝 Making XML human-readable without XSLT.
Turns out, JavaScript works pretty well!
jakearchibald.com/2025/making-...
Turns out, JavaScript works pretty well!
jakearchibald.com/2025/making-...
we should do xslt too
...XPath for atproto?
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
we should do xslt too
I've ended up writing a very long piece about XSLT and whether browsers should keep the code they use to transform XML documents into new forms because what was meant to be a technical debate about security, resource priorities and backward compatibility touched such a nerve it needs MEMES 🧵
XSLT Debate Leads to Bigger Questions of Web Governance
Security issues and web compatibility are pulling in different directions, as Google and Firefox discuss dropping XSLT support from browsers.
thenewstack.io
September 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I've ended up writing a very long piece about XSLT and whether browsers should keep the code they use to transform XML documents into new forms because what was meant to be a technical debate about security, resource priorities and backward compatibility touched such a nerve it needs MEMES 🧵
Gecko: Intent to Unship: XSLT
Gecko: Intent to Unship: XSLT
Gecko: Intent to Unship: XSLT
groups.google.com
August 26, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Gecko: Intent to Unship: XSLT
Thread about XSLT removal
eliminating xslt is a huge middle finger to the open web
this is something that has worked reliably for 25 literal years
i know because i have been using it for 25 literal years
the rationale is "it's old", "less than 1% use it", and that there are vulns in the implementation
this is something that has worked reliably for 25 literal years
i know because i have been using it for 25 literal years
the rationale is "it's old", "less than 1% use it", and that there are vulns in the implementation
i would like to wish a very hearty go suck yourself to the engineers at Google who can’t maintain one measly XSLT parser with all their infinite agentic budget
October 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Thread about XSLT removal
Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Deprecate and remove XSLT
groups.google.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
「印象に残っている失敗」は、XML/XSLTに関する技術選定の失敗です（※ XML/XSLTが悪いのではなく、私の設計判断が誤っていた）
May 29, 2026 at 3:13 AM
「印象に残っている失敗」は、XML/XSLTに関する技術選定の失敗です（※ XML/XSLTが悪いのではなく、私の設計判断が誤っていた）
i would like to wish a very hearty go suck yourself to the engineers at Google who can’t maintain one measly XSLT parser with all their infinite agentic budget
October 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
i would like to wish a very hearty go suck yourself to the engineers at Google who can’t maintain one measly XSLT parser with all their infinite agentic budget
let's take those arguments in order:
it's old
yup it is. xslt 1.0 was designed in 1999 and the first in-browser implementation was MSIE 5.5 in 2001. i know because i remember where i was when i first used it
the browsers didn't keep up but it's up to version 4.0: qt4cg.org/specificatio...
it's old
yup it is. xslt 1.0 was designed in 1999 and the first in-browser implementation was MSIE 5.5 in 2001. i know because i remember where i was when i first used it
the browsers didn't keep up but it's up to version 4.0: qt4cg.org/specificatio...
XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 4.0
qt4cg.org
October 2, 2026 at 1:51 PM
let's take those arguments in order:
it's old
yup it is. xslt 1.0 was designed in 1999 and the first in-browser implementation was MSIE 5.5 in 2001. i know because i remember where i was when i first used it
the browsers didn't keep up but it's up to version 4.0: qt4cg.org/specificatio...
it's old
yup it is. xslt 1.0 was designed in 1999 and the first in-browser implementation was MSIE 5.5 in 2001. i know because i remember where i was when i first used it
the browsers didn't keep up but it's up to version 4.0: qt4cg.org/specificatio...
looked into XSLT for a minute and I already forgave anyone for killing it. "death of the open web" my ass, have you SEEN this thing.
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
looked into XSLT for a minute and I already forgave anyone for killing it. "death of the open web" my ass, have you SEEN this thing.
i finally got around to writing up how i used xslt to display a rss reader with images on my site :^)
December 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
i finally got around to writing up how i used xslt to display a rss reader with images on my site :^)
「一生分のXSLT」という言葉だけで面白いのはズルいw
ぼくなどは、XSLTは本で読んだことしかないですw
ぼくなどは、XSLTは本で読んだことしかないですw
「印象に残っている失敗」は、XML/XSLTに関する技術選定の失敗です（※ XML/XSLTが悪いのではなく、私の設計判断が誤っていた）
May 29, 2026 at 8:22 AM
「一生分のXSLT」という言葉だけで面白いのはズルいw
ぼくなどは、XSLTは本で読んだことしかないですw
ぼくなどは、XSLTは本で読んだことしかないですw
⚠️ Ao abrir um sitemap XML no Google Chrome, é possível que tenha visto uma mensagem a informar que o suporte a XSLT será removido.
Saiba se esta alteração afeta o SEO do seu website, o que é o XSLT, e o que fazer.
www.mindseo.com/atualizacoes...
Saiba se esta alteração afeta o SEO do seu website, o que é o XSLT, e o que fazer.
www.mindseo.com/atualizacoes...
Aviso de remoção do XSLT no Chrome e impacto no SEO - MindSEO
Viu a mensagem do Chrome sobre a remoção do XSLT no sitemap XML? Saiba o que significa e porque é que o SEO do seu site não está em risco
www.mindseo.com
October 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
⚠️ Ao abrir um sitemap XML no Google Chrome, é possível que tenha visto uma mensagem a informar que o suporte a XSLT será removido.
Saiba se esta alteração afeta o SEO do seu website, o que é o XSLT, e o que fazer.
www.mindseo.com/atualizacoes...
Saiba se esta alteração afeta o SEO do seu website, o que é o XSLT, e o que fazer.
www.mindseo.com/atualizacoes...
eliminating xslt is a huge middle finger to the open web
this is something that has worked reliably for 25 literal years
i know because i have been using it for 25 literal years
the rationale is "it's old", "less than 1% use it", and that there are vulns in the implementation
this is something that has worked reliably for 25 literal years
i know because i have been using it for 25 literal years
the rationale is "it's old", "less than 1% use it", and that there are vulns in the implementation
i would like to wish a very hearty go suck yourself to the engineers at Google who can’t maintain one measly XSLT parser with all their infinite agentic budget
October 2, 2026 at 1:46 PM
eliminating xslt is a huge middle finger to the open web
this is something that has worked reliably for 25 literal years
i know because i have been using it for 25 literal years
the rationale is "it's old", "less than 1% use it", and that there are vulns in the implementation
this is something that has worked reliably for 25 literal years
i know because i have been using it for 25 literal years
the rationale is "it's old", "less than 1% use it", and that there are vulns in the implementation
Same! I thoroughly enjoyed working with XSLT if you can believe it.
July 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Same! I thoroughly enjoyed working with XSLT if you can believe it.
Blink: Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Deprecate and remove XSLT
Blink: Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Deprecate and remove XSLT
Blink: Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Deprecate and remove XSLT
groups.google.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Blink: Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Deprecate and remove XSLT
Big things happening
It uses XSLT to render the posts clientside 😇
It uses XSLT to render the posts clientside 😇
December 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Big things happening
It uses XSLT to render the posts clientside 😇
It uses XSLT to render the posts clientside 😇
This is amazing, Google saying it doesn’t have enough resources to support a small feature in their web browser (that has been implemented for years).
They’re asking for comments.
And then they’re removing those from people upset that it will break stuff for them.
github.com/whatwg/html/...
They’re asking for comments.
And then they’re removing those from people upset that it will break stuff for them.
github.com/whatwg/html/...
Should we remove XSLT from the web platform? · Issue #11523 · whatwg/html
What is the issue with the HTML Standard? XSLT v1.0, which all browsers adhere to, was standardized in 1999. In the meantime, XSLT has evolved to v2.0 and v3.0, adding features, and growing apart f...
github.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is amazing, Google saying it doesn’t have enough resources to support a small feature in their web browser (that has been implemented for years).
They’re asking for comments.
And then they’re removing those from people upset that it will break stuff for them.
github.com/whatwg/html/...
They’re asking for comments.
And then they’re removing those from people upset that it will break stuff for them.
github.com/whatwg/html/...
Xee: XPath and XSLT in Rust. I was a heavy and happy user of XML and XSLT in the 2000's and among the things I really missed when JSON took over was XSLT. And also namespaces. blog.startifact.com/posts/xee/
Xee: A Modern XPath and XSLT Engine in Rust
I announce Xee, the implementation of XPath and XSLT in Rust that I've been working on for the last two years.
blog.startifact.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Xee: XPath and XSLT in Rust. I was a heavy and happy user of XML and XSLT in the 2000's and among the things I really missed when JSON took over was XSLT. And also namespaces. blog.startifact.com/posts/xee/
We survived the removal of Flash, how bad can the removal of XSLT be?
November 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We survived the removal of Flash, how bad can the removal of XSLT be?
really this just broadens the surface area of whose fault this all is
"in the before times, the browser gods cast out xslt..."
"in the before times, the browser gods cast out xslt..."
October 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
really this just broadens the surface area of whose fault this all is
"in the before times, the browser gods cast out xslt..."
"in the before times, the browser gods cast out xslt..."