| I pretty much agree about JS and Rust, but I find myself disagreeing with some of your points regarding CSS/HTML. >> Reason web sucks: HTML/CSS are not suited to define complex UIs with intricate layouts and complex transitions and key frame animation. CSS does have a concept of keyframes now (I know this may not cover everything you like about flash keyframes, but I figured I'd throw it out there in case you were unaware):
https://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_animations.asp >> This problem was better addressed 30 years ago. Look at the menu UIs in games from the n64/ps1 to ps2/gamecube era (I'm talking about the game menus, not the game themselves). Those layouts had a known aspect ration, 4:3, and a reasonable expectation of being viewed on a large screen. HTML and CSS are expected to work on a wider variety of screens that may change size and aspect ratio on the fly, possibly during an animation. If I only had to make HTML/CSS animations for use on a normal television screen with a known zoom level in a specific browser, I could make interfaces every bit as beautiful as your N64 games (well... with a competent designer, but my point is that I could write the layout and script the animations). Some of the pain points of HTML and CSS are historical accidents that can't be changed without breaking compatibility, but some of them are quite useful and necessary. Responsive design is a good thing, it just sucks to write an animation that works in a whole range of aspect ratios and zoom levels. It's a problem that Sony and Nintendo never had to design around. The amount to which this constraint cripples and strengthens the web is hard properly convey. I love and hate it, but as time goes on I learn to hate it less and love it more. >> It's hard to control css from JS (for interactive site you want this) It's costly, as it touches the DOM, but it's not hard. Just change the class attribute (or even the inline style attribute -- there are cases where this can be argued for). Simple example: https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_htmldom_css.asp |