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in addition, each had an separate graphics api. Which was imperative, not as stable nor backward compatible nor as battlefield-tested as html. Each keyword is a difference between all previous approaches versus html. And sometimes/often regarded as better.

Every programmer knows html though not the frameworks. But these are seperate.



Yeah, because I can so write a website and only test it in one browser and be sure it will work on all of them, right?


Mostly, which is enough to attract lots and lots of amateurs and high-schoolers. Then there's also the standardization committees and special frameworks.

Also the two most popular browsers are multiplatform. You can write a website and make it work on whatever computer you need.




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