No, HTML 1.0 had 20 elements 13 of which are in HTML 5 so there is not much to h...

peterashford · on May 9, 2014

Yes, this is the key point. Markup to make applications is just nuts.

eitland · on May 9, 2014

I beg to differ between markup only and markup + code.

Declarative markup seems to be a whole lot harder to mess up than creating views in code. (Of course, anything is possible once you add enough smart people.)

Skinney · on May 9, 2014

Really? Android and Gtk is just nuts?

Of course, you can still create your ui in JS, just as you can create Gtk and Android applications without markup.