[sumtechguy]

> lack of modern HTML implementation of basic control elements, like multi-selectors, search selectors, calendar pickers, and autofill inputs

It was about the spot where CSS popped up then everyone decided native controls was not useful. Every framework since then has basically reinvented them. They had to as the browsers and standards didnt help. Plus the fact that for awhile the junk would just not render correctly at all or weird between the different browsers.

> We need better native controls for the web.

The reality is people want all of these controls with a nice simple way to skin them. But the browsers made it very 'interesting' to do. There is no real reason at this point other than 'i just want to' for these controls being recreated yet again (and they will be with the next framework).

[nicoburns]

For some controls (I have in mind <select> and date pickers) there is also a lot of functionality missing from the built-in ones.

[sumtechguy]

Totally. It is like the browser venders just kinda stopped iterating on them. When the reality is people just want the controls and the ability to skin them. Also with all of the events that all of the newer controls have.