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Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering by endisneigh on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @01:14PM (#27132704)
I hear this take a lot. Why is HTML + JS awful for developing applications?
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Re:Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering by easrng on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @04:39PM (#27134889)
It wasn't designed to, it grew bit by bit with new features gradually being tacked on, so the APIs are inconsistent (For example,NodeList, HTMLCollection, and Array all have different methods and naming conventions) and poorly designed.
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