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b4dc3df6 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @488cf7e2 Let's be honest about this, though. Safari and every other browser could offer a full set of fully-styleable HTML5 form controls, plus a bunch of them.we only wish they offered, and web designers wouldn't use them. The median front end developer today doesn't know any HTML elements exist except for DIV.
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Louis :emacs: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @4f98c252 Yes, but accessibility and WCAG are becoming increasingly important. Serious usability researchers urge to use the standard components whenever possible.

Browsers have to take on this responsibility by providing a reasonable default set of HTML components, especially form elements, which work out of the box on every platform and with full WCAG support.

The times of median front end web devs, which abuse the DOM and JS to make their designers happy at all costs, are over. Wishful thinking though.