Standards are superior to plugins I count that as a clear win. I don't thing there's a great goal other than being an application platform for the masses. New t

Standards are superior to plugins I count that as a clear win. I don't thing there's a great goal other than being an application platform for the masses. New toys will come, old might go, but more likely stay with the spec (hi: <marquee>). CSS layout had indeed evolved quite a bit (for the better), however we have great control now with flexbox and grid. They are much more than syntactic enhancements. I wouldn't worry about browser lock-in, if you build stuff for browsers you are already "locked in" by definition.