> Wouldn't that essentially be the death of accessibility on the web, though? It does. And would condemn us to live again usability nightmare of the flash epoc

> Wouldn't that essentially be the death of accessibility on the web, though? It does. And would condemn us to live again usability nightmare of the flash epoch. People are confusing two things here: There is no need of replacing the DOM. There is a need to replace (modernize) the API controling the DOM.