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HTML currently leaves a lot to be desired. Form validation still looks terrible in some browsers and can’t be styled. There’s no combo-box. The UX of
<select multiple>is abysmal on certain platforms. The date input can’t select a range between a start and end date. There’s a<menu>element but its indistinguishable from a<ul>and includes no menu-like behaviour whatsoever. I could go on. Building these sort of components with the correct focus management, keyboard navigation and accessibility is a tricky task. Understandably, open source component libraries have become wildly popular…
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