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urin ◴[] No.41835715[source]
It seems there have been many opinions questioning why a tool for editing pure HTML is being developed now. Here is my current view on this matter:

These days, it's rare to directly handle HTML files on the frontend of web applications, and placing key elements using absolute or relative coordinates is also uncommon, so the use cases for this extension are currently quite limited.

However, it could be somewhat useful in areas where web technologies are not yet widely adopted but need to be implemented simply. When creating individual components, such as with Vue.js, the real-time preview might become valuable. It could also be helpful for building non-application content like simple landing pages.

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1. ToucanLoucan ◴[] No.41837568[source]
There are so many websites downloading entire web frameworks, tens of megabytes, to display static web pages. Maybe a contact form, or a twitter embed or something. I absolutely loathe it and if these sorts of tools even slightly move the needle towards bringing back standard HTML sites, I'm so incredibly for them.

The web is so flat and dull now.