Hi,

biggest noticable change in 3.x from 2.x is the complete loss of the 
declarative approach for templates. 

I critizised that before and got the encouraging answer that there are many 
people behind me in seeing the declarative approach as important.

Looking at the latest blog article an the example template function the 
horror returned ;)

I keep on nagging on this - IMHO shifting from HTML to JavaScript for the 
representation of a Web Component is to state it mildly 'very unlucky'.

I know the Polymer team is following the current state of the discussion in 
the (upcoming) standard but nevertheless the point remains: if 
Polymer and Web Components take this direction IMO Web Components loose a 
major selling point and are hardly better than many of the JS frameworks 
we've seen
over the years. While the representation change seems to be hard to resist 
(sometimes i hate democracy ;) there should be at least some way to keep 
the template declarative.

I know the work of standard comitees so i do not blame the Polymer team at 
all. However the decision - obviously triggered by the move to js module 
loaders - is a technological decision and
not a design or architecture-driven one. That's a poor approach especially 
considering the intended long-term relevance of a W3C standard. 

So, first i'd like to know how the current debate is going and apologize if 
this is not the right place to ask. 

Second - is there any more appropriate list at the W3C where i can throw in 
my 2 cents? The W3C page does not reveal much at first sight and i'm 
missing up-to-date minutes as well as latest drafts.

Thanks a lot.

Joern

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