Technically, it's a bit of a bait and switch. But one that has largely already happened. It's just that web developers have yet to notice. Javascript at this po

Technically, it's a bit of a bait and switch. But one that has largely already happened. It's just that web developers have yet to notice. Javascript at this point is a legacy compilation target for stuff that hasn't been ported to WASM yet. WASM is getting better with every browser release. Likewise for webgl. It was perfectly fine for doing 3d games many years ago. It's just that we are stuck doing the same react/js/whatever crap that we've been using for the last decade or so. It's just awful how low the standards are for web UI. But it was never good enough for game consoles or mobile. At this point, it's probably easier to run a browser as a wasm program inside of a modern browser just to render some legacy web app from way back than it is to get that app working with modern browsers. Why even bother? Just run IE 6 in an emulated browser on an emulated windows 95. And probably it would be fine in terms of performance too. Javascript + css has always been a bit of a cringe fest in terms of capabilities. If you develop a UI that matters for a gaming console, a desktop OS, or anything else, you wouldn't use any of that. It's why native development is a thing for IOS and Android. The phones are fast enough to do web development. It's just that the whole space is too competitive for that to be even worth considering. So, maybe it's becomes a better browser without that?