Can we just use links to go between pages, instead of toggling css display:none on custom elements to show different "pages"? You're replacing browser functiona

Can we just use links to go between pages, instead of toggling css display:none on custom elements to show different "pages"? You're replacing browser functionality with custom code. To get on par with browser default functionality, you need to implement a loading indicator, error handling, back/forward button handling, address bar updates, opening links in a new tab when someone middle clicked or ctrl clicked, new window when they shift clicked, etc. https://plainvanillaweb.com/pages/applications.html https://plainvanillaweb.com/pages/applications.html This example code does exactly one of those things: update the address bar by setting the fragment identifier. Middle clicking and back/forward buttons work because of that. Error handling (if it were to not just be static content but actually loading something from a server like a real website, which can fail) and loading indicators are not present Re-implementing browser code in JavaScript is not using the "plain" or "vanilla" web functionality. You're making your own framework at that point