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Replacing JS with just HTML
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You mean: how the web was before it turned into shit?
How far back are you talking? JavaScript became a standard in 1997, and IMHO Ajax really improved the browsing experience.
Speak for yourself! Personally I feel that it built character to have to click a button every time you wanted to see a different part of an online map, rather than dragging it around.
The article presents a few HTML features. (From the title I didn't know what to expect.) Summary:
- There are new HTML attributes (popover) that help with modals/popups/menus.
- You can toggle (show/hide) content with HTML. (The summary/details elements have been around for a long time.)
- For text input, you can provide a datalist of entries to auto-complete. It isn't supported by Firefox yet.
Ironically, the article showed a blank space where a graphic would go before I bothered to enable Javascript. On the plus side, it was readable regardless.
this post was submitted on 28 Dec 2025
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