668: Jake Archibald on Native HTML Includes
Jake Archibald joins us to discuss HTML includes, potential solutions, and the implications of introducing such a feature. We talk about security concerns, performance implications, and community feedback regarding HTML imports.
Time Jump Links
- 00:28 Importing Jake_Archibald.html
- 01:41 Is there such a thing as an HTML include?
- 09:23 Why can't we pave the cowpath instead of forcing devs to reach for tooling?
- 14:38 Requiring what you include to be a complete tree
- 19:41 You can't stop a feature just because people might do bad with it
- 22:34 Could you import things inside an import?
- 24:31 What about security problems?
- 29:26 Why are people against this idea?
- 34:06 What about streaming?
- 45:51 Mozilla killed HTML imports in 2014 - how is this different?
- 59:44 What will it be called?
- 03:55 Breaking Jack news!