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I first learned of the annual Interop initiative a few years ago. In case you’re unfamiliar, Interop “aims to make the web more interoperable in key areas, prioritized by web developer and user needs.” It’s comprised of team members from all of the major browser vendors, including Apple, Bocoup, Google, Igalia, Microsoft, and Mozilla. Apparently it began in 2019.Each year they solicit feedback to decide on the highest priority standards to implement. Those features they focus on generally become widely supported across all major platforms quickly and consistently. This has led to a huge growth of dependable standards over the last few years, such that it’s actually hard to keep up with everything new!This year, the Mozilla team created a tool to let developers rank the Interop 2027 proposals. (Maybe this has been a thing previously, but this is the first year I’ve been aware of it.) I’ve seen a few others share their own wishlists for particular features, and I thought I’d take a stab…

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