At the end of the day, you'll still be tied to the DOM, tied to poorly specified and poorly implemented HTML specifications (e.g, ContentEditable), tied to brow

At the end of the day, you'll still be tied to the DOM, tied to poorly specified and poorly implemented HTML specifications (e.g, ContentEditable), tied to browser incompatibilities, and tied to CSS. So the problem isn't just the lack of a viable JavaScript alternative. The problem is building on top of a weak, fractured foundation that was designed for an entirely different application than we now want.