[alchemical]

And for the websites that leverage browser features, those are the websites that stand out and shine.

It reminds me of Sturgeon's law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law

If 99% of everything is crap, you can bet a sizeable wager the 1% wheat from the chaff are using HTML5 and Javascript APIs.

Also if a content silo counts as a 'top website' then this is an outlier and not to be included. Facebook is a walled garden and not indexable. Facebook is parasitical to the web. Twitter and Google are not the web either.

[Retric]

You mean like Hacker news? Because, I don't think this site leverages HTML 5.

The hard part of any design is knowing what features can be removed not added. HTML 5 and JavaScript is fluff for most websites.

PS: HN even uses <table id="hnmain"... o the horror.

[alchemical]

> HTML 5 and JavaScript is fluff for most websites

Yeah but HN can be progressively enhanced and it's also one of the few exceptions to the rule.

    <table id="hnmain"..

Indeed.

Worth noting the small eco-system of HN redesigns which all leverage HTML5+JS in some way :)

All sites should be like an electric stairs: the stairs still works when the power is cut off, but to the inconvenience of the users.