The web wasn’t the browser it was the protocols.

That’s not an accurate statement. The web was not just the protocols. It was the protocols and the servers that served them and the browsers that supported them and the web sites that were built with them. There is no web without browsers just like there is no web without websites.

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hluska 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I can’t understand why you’re splitting hairs to this extent. The web is protocols; some are implemented at server side whereas others are implemented at browser side. They’re all still protocols with a big dollop of marketing.

That statement was accurate enough if you’re willing to read actively and provide people with the most minimal benefit of the doubt.

	▲	dpark 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		My response is in a chain discussing browsers in response to someone who literally said “The web wasn’t the browser it was the protocols.” I responded essentially “it was indeed also the browser”, which it seems you agree with so I don’t know what you’re even trying to argue about. > willing to read actively and provide people with the most minimal benefit of the doubt. Indeed

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akerl_ 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Most of the protocol specs were written retroactively to match functionality that browsers were already using in the wild.