[angersock]

"Sour grapes" was in response to sibling comments here, not the original article!

The additional stuff you mentioned here--all of the annoying fiddly details for editing and whatnot--is exactly what should've been used to justify the stack.

The problem is that all of the extra stack baggage frankly looks really baroque, even with the trickiness of the UX you just hinted at.

[dpup]

Thanks for clarifying and yes, lots of interesting stories to be told around the edges of this post. Some are already written and linked. For example, I'd recommend Why ContentEditable is Terrible by Nick. https://medium.com/medium-eng/why-contenteditable-is-terribl...