[namegulf]

You've a point. HTML is plain and simple, works and gets the job done. Presenting on the web (may be a little bit of light css).

Heavy CSS animations, Javascript bloat is what slows down the websites and literally ruins the web experience.

[thom]

I personally think CSS animations are wonderful. I’ve recently returned to dabble in frontend stuff and was delighted with what you could achieve with purely declarative HTML and CSS. I’m finding that you can often match the feel of an SPA with just HTMX and some CSS and I’ve found that simultaneously very satisfying and productive.

[hyperhello]

I would say that what ruins the experience is things not working. If it was an animation or some add on that threw an exception to console and did nothing, it would be fine, but designers and their tool makers want everything to be a giant conversation between microservices, which breaks for odd, undefinable, nonlinear reasons, and requires expensive help.