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by Pxtl
4666 days ago
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Yeah, I know we were all excited about the new elements when they were playing about with them, but I was kinda skeptical as a web newbie doing pure productivity apps... I mean, the web is prettymuch an application engine now and we're doubling down on the document metaphor? What? I still think that CSS in particular maps terribly to its usage as a complete layout system. I mean, you can do it, but you can code in BF or do incredible things with template metaprogramming in C++. Doesn't make it a clean, pleasant way to work, and doesn't really fit the designed purpose. |
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I've been thinking similarly lately too. They're hardcoding semantics into HTML that may or may not change in the future. Better to avoid hardcoding things that could change or have subjective meaning whenever possible.
Instead, keep HTML tags simple and enable optional, flexible semantics via attributes and properties, along the lines of schemas (http://schema.org/). Let the internet standardize among schemas, and replace obsolete ones with new and better ones as they arise. Or, if it's not requirement for your particular app, just don't bother with it at all.