[JoshTriplett]

CSS and JS are not in opposition to "information driven". Javascript is not used merely for content-free flashy pages, and it isn't going away anytime soon. If and when it does, it'll be because something better replaced it, not because a million web developers woke up one morning and said "why don't we stop using most of the capabilities of modern browsers".

If, hypothetically, browsers stopped offering powerful scripting capabilities, the app makers of the world would not suddenly say "I guess we'll make static webpages", they'll say "here's how to install our all-powerful unsandboxed application". Powerful scripting on the web means more applications running in safe sandboxes.

[smolder]

Browsers enable websites to be very user hostile the way it is now. Of course developers wont opt for static over dynamic, unless they suspect users might want that, which could happen in at least some niches.