Perfecting Baseline

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Baseline has gained significant awareness among web developers as a term indicating broad browser support for features.
Baseline categorizes features into three stages: Not Baseline, Newly Available, and Widely Available, based on browser support duration.
Concerns about Baseline include its limited consideration of all necessary browsers, lack of accessibility information, and no guidance on progressive enhancement.
Baseline serves as a starting point for decision-making, not a comprehensive checklist, encouraging developers to consider additional factors like accessibility and polyfills.
Improvements to Baseline are underway, including better accessibility data, mapping features to polyfills, and expanding browser version considerations.
The WebDX group is actively working on enhancing Baseline, with community involvement encouraged to refine and evolve the concept.
Developers are advised to use Baseline as a guide but to also consult detailed resources like MDN for comprehensive support and accessibility information.

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