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What I would really love is to see XAML-like layout in the browser. CSS is a mess I can never wrap my mind around even with the flex model. Whereas the XAML model is much simpler (a measure pass to size components, an arrange pass to lay them).


I think css is mostly a sane low level layout system (which allow you to produce whatever pixel you want, like opengl or whatever) instead of a predefined component system. It will never have those nicely designed components buildin (because it is not its goal). And the complexity price comes from the flexibility it demands.


XAML's layout components are much easier than HTML/CSS but styling XAML components is way over-complicated compared to CSS.


Thankfully there are tools like Blend.




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