"this has to be one of the worst ideas since MS-DOS.." If you can spare three and a half minutes (start time set to the relevant point) to watch the video [1]f

"this has to be one of the worst ideas since MS-DOS.." If you can spare three and a half minutes (start time set to the relevant point) to watch the video [1]from 1997 below... https://youtu.be/aYT2se94eU0?t=1279 https://youtu.be/aYT2se94eU0?t=1279 ...then you might enjoy the different point of view as discussed here: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2lfyou/alan_kay_in_1997_html_has_gone_back_to_dark_ages/ https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2lfyou/alan_ka... It comes up on HN from time to time, but I thought an alternative source of discussion (second link above) might add something new. [1] if you have never watched this talk completely at least once, give it a shot and you might be very surprised.