logoalt Hacker News

onion2k • 04/01/2025 • 3 replies • view on HN

The advantage of having a common API across thousands of web apps shouldn't be a point of discussion.

We have one. It's called "the browser". The discussion is whether or not we need a higher level API than that. If we do, maybe that should also be a part of the browser's API.

Replies

arvinsim • 04/01/2025

It would be easier if "the browser" is just one target.

As it is, there multiple browsers supporting different levels of features.

That's the whole reason why frameworks are made in the first place dating back to jQuery.

➕ show 1 reply
troupo • 04/01/2025

> The discussion is whether or not we need a higher level API than that.

Try using DOM APIs to build anything remotely complex or interactive. There's a reason everyone who only uses browser APIs ends up just dumping strings into the DOM via innerHtml.

➕ show 1 reply
j-krieger • 04/01/2025

„The browser“ doesn‘t exist. So no, we don‘t have one.