David Heinemeier Hansson in “What if I actually like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript?”:
As a web developer, I’d like to confess my deep appreciation of the restricted canvas that we get from the basics of the web. We’ve entered an era where the browsers are good enough, compatible enough, and, most importantly, our understanding of how to use what we got has been raised to a level where things are finally looking pretty good.
He also contitunes:
On the user experience side of things, we’re not even close to tapping out the potential of HTML. The majority of web sites and applications still suck. And if most developers and designers can’t make a clean run with the training wheels and constricted playground of HTML, then we probably are in no rush to start playing with a Ducati on the Autobahn.
I agree. As we are never satisfied with the status quo of the web, we should do what we can in the status quo.
(Via Signal vs. Noise.)