[skrebbel]

The `required` attribute, which this article is about, is an HTML5 thing and first appeared in browsers in 2010-2011. So sure, not brand spanking new, but the web was already used to write modern apps. There's no good reason for the validation features to be so shabby.

[Sander_Marechal]

Even 'required' doesn't work properly. Browsers do very odd and inconsistent things when your required field is hidden when submitting. Like in a basic tabbed or multi-step form.