HTML needs to be split into two: A spec focused on dynamic applications using JS and components, and a spec specifically focused on documents, CSS and hypertext

HTML needs to be split into two: A spec focused on dynamic applications using JS and components, and a spec specifically focused on documents, CSS and hypertext. The fact that in 2019, we still don't have standard browser features that let us create rich text documents in a WYSIWYG interface is ridiculous. We've ended up with a dozen editors all producing slightly different markup, workarounds like Markdown and AMP, and browser engines that are so complicated even a massive company like Microsoft finally gave up creating its own. This isn't about technology at this point, it's about standardization. We need to have a simple tag which marks the beginning and end of textual information, with massive restrictions on what tags are used and the JS and CSS in that section, so that a simple, standard and ubiquitous editor can both read and write hypertext 100% the same while still including all the basic functionality of a common word processor, like fonts, colors and sizing. This isn't a technical challenge on the level of WebGL, web sockets, HTTP/2, media extensions, etc. It's just a matter of specifying a subset of functionality for a specific use-case, standardized for the sake of simplicity and interoperability.