[trekz]

> in a strange way, this almost makes the behavior of hopping onto every new framework rational.

Or maybe not doing that and just using native browser APIs? Many of these frameworks are overkill and having so many "new" ones just makes the situation worse.

[sofixa]

Many of them predate those native browser APIs. Pollyfills, the topic at hand, were literally created to add modern APIs to all browsers equally (most notably old Safaris, Internet Explorers, etc.).