[simonw]

I take it you've never suggested to a front-end dev that maybe their contact form doesn't need a 1MB+ of JavaScript framework and could just be HTML that submits to a backend.

[philipwhiuk]

Live-form validation? Auto-complete? Any of these ringing a bell?

It's almost like there are genuine UX improvements being done

[Zardoz84]

You know that pure HTML have it ? and if you need a more complex validation, a few lines of js does the magic. Same if you need live autocomplet.

[simonw]

Good point, HTML with no JavaScript at all has pretty good validation built in now. Try entering an incomplete email address on this demo page: https://tools.simonwillison.net/html-validation-demo

[simonw]

That should be a few dozen lines of vanilla JavaScript.