[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #64015: Reconsider removal of import map polyfill

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#64015: Reconsider removal of import map polyfill
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 Reporter:  joedolson      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:
Component:  Script Loader  |     Version:  6.5
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                 |     Focuses:  accessibility, javascript
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Comment (by pmmueller):

 @joedolson Any chance of you releasing that fix as a plugin? It would be
 most appreciated 🙏🏻

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 Oh, that's a pity. I came back to this issue after having updated the
 sites in question to WP 7.0 and finding that the **mobile menu still
 doesn't work**.

 Those people I mentioned will not update their old iPhones soon, so to
 them it is not an issue that will go away. It will of course *eventually*,
 but the priorities behind this are a mystery to me:

 - On the one hand we're spending incredible resources to implement a
 feature like Real Time Collaboration, which imho could just as well be a
 canonical plugin.

 - On the other hand **mobile navigation in a block theme does not work on
 an old iPhone** and the fix would cost next to nothing to implement.

 So I had to tell those people that their WordPress menu will not work as
 promised. Ironically it was **Global Accessibility Awareness Day**...

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64015#comment:11>
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