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		peebeebee on Jan 11, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Shoelace: A library of web components But the default set has been lacking for too long now too. Webbrowsers should really get together and make a new default set of Application-based UI controls, and make them a bit more beautiful by default. :) Like datatables, rich-text editing, toolbars,... MOST applications are just simpler CRUD UIs. Developing these is still too complex on the web platform.

andirk on Jan 11, 2024 [–]

Or: we as users can wish for the days of 90's web design and bring it back! The main content was so much more up front. Forms, buttons, and general layout were all the same.

And Progressive Enhancement has it that our bells and whistles gracefully degrade back to from whence they came.

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