--- title: Do Websites Need to Function Exactly the Same on Every... description: A philosophical argument that websites don't need to function identically across all platforms, drawing a parallel to the earlier debate about pixel-perfect... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/do-websites-need-to-function-exactly-the-same-on-every-platform--1mdrggwur twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Do Websites Need to Function Exactly the Same on Every Platform? | daily.dev og:description: A philosophical argument that websites don't need to function identically across all platforms, drawing a parallel to the earlier debate about pixel-perfect... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/do-websites-need-to-function-exactly-the-same-on-every-platform--1mdrggwur og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1MDrggwUr.png og:image:alt: Do Websites Need to Function Exactly the Same on Every Platform? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Do Websites Need to Function Exactly the Same on Every Platform? **[Bram.us](https://daily.dev/sources/bram)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A philosophical argument that websites don't need to function identically across all platforms, drawing a parallel to the earlier debate about pixel-perfect visual consistency. The post argues that input-specific features (keyboard shortcuts, touch gestures, hover states) are a natural and desirable form of progressive enhancement. It examines how this unresolved belief is actively blocking web platform feature development, citing Interest Invokers, Overscroll Actions, and the Document Picture-in-Picture API as concrete examples where cross-platform uniformity expectations are creating unnecessary friction. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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