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How do you feel about the state of things?

Accessibility

Given that lack of workplace buy-in is often cited as an obstacle to proper accessibility practices, it's nice to see that among survey respondents at least, things seem to be getting better, with both “agree” bars increasing compared to last year.

Accessibility is valued in my workplace or professional environment
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Disagree Strongly
315
2
Disagree
773
3
Neutral
896
4
Agree
1,379
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Agree Strongly
687
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HTML Validation

It's easy to forget about HTML validation when dealing with the chaos of modern web development. But respondents agree that it remains an important part of the process.

Ensuring my HTML code passes validation is important
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Disagree Strongly
154
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Disagree
336
3
Neutral
785
4
Agree
1,648
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Agree Strongly
1,143
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Keeping Informed

Despite great initiatives like Baseline, keeping up with the web platform remains a challenge. Hopefully this survey helps at least a little!

Keeping informed about new web platform features is a challenge
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Disagree Strongly
55
2
Disagree
498
3
Neutral
941
4
Agree
1,912
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Agree Strongly
691
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Browser Interoperability

It's not easy being a browser vendor in 2025. Developers complain about platform stagnation, so you introduce new features and APIs… only for developers to now complain about the lack of cross-browser support!

This is why Interop has become a key part of the process over the past couple years. It gives browser vendors a chance to coordinate on feature compatibility, and avoid having all their hard work ruined by poor interoperability.

The lack of browser interoperability is currently a major obstacle to web development
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Disagree Strongly
111
2
Disagree
815
3
Neutral
1,177
4
Agree
1,325
5
Agree Strongly
654
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Interoperability Pace

The results of those interoperability efforts are reflected in this chart, with 75% of respondents agreeing that things are moving at a faster pace than before.

Over the past few years, new web features have become stable across browsers at a faster pace
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Disagree Strongly
43
2
Disagree
151
3
Neutral
821
4
Agree
2,318
5
Agree Strongly
716
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Web Platform

Similarly, 77% of respondents have a positive opinion of the web platform's overall direction.

The web platform is moving in the right direction overall
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Disagree Strongly
58
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Disagree
161
3
Neutral
725
4
Agree
2,361
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Agree Strongly
771
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