[piranha]

Yeah it’s only the first way, since the second is effectively the same as rendering html on the server.

As for the first - it could give a way to use legacy apis and static data. Not sure if I want this in the core, but… how hard can it be?

[murkt]

Sure, if it's only one additional five-liner action that's not even in core, then whoever wants to bring the hell back - it's only their own doing