I think what we need is not an HTML6, but rather HTML4-ish and something separate. I want web pages and web apps to be distinguishable, and not have every newspaper article and blog post hosted inside of a heavyweight application framework that either breaks or re-implements all kinds of basic user agent functionality. Simple pages should be implemented in a simple, constrained technology stack and heavyweight web apps should be something the end user opts-in to using.
> I want web pages and web apps to be distinguishable, and not have every newspaper article and blog post hosted inside of a heavyweight application framework that either breaks or re-implements all kinds of basic user agent functionality. Simple pages should be implemented in a simple, constrained technology stack and heavyweight web apps should be something the end user opts-in to using.
I don't see people putting that genie back in the bottle. Not when there are so many designers that override the scrollbar for aesthetics.
For the record, I'm with you - I think it would be great if most websites ran on gopher 2.0 that used markdown for its syntax. I just don't think it'll happen.
I don't see a way to make it happen, either. But it seems crazy to me that browsers can be adding so much OS-like functionality that's a risk to security or privacy without even attempting to bundle them under a "web app" permission to simplify the user experience of opting in to allowing a domain to do all the things a simple web page doesn't need.
And it's absurd that there's seemingly no way for a Chrome user—even with extensions—to prevent a web page from restyling scrollbars into something unrecognizable.
