Google Destroys HTML w Material 3 for Web

Many components in this library are drop-in replacements for browser elements like <button> and <input>. — Material 3 for Web Introduction

UPDATE: 20 weeks after I published this article, Google discontinued Material 3 for Web.

Brand New HTML Elements

Web developers choosing to use Google’s Material 3 for Web will no longer be using HTML elements such as <ol> Ordered List, <li> List Item, or <select> Select. Why? Control, according to Google.

Google asserts that extending or customizing built in elements such as <button> limits what is possible. Therefore, an entire suite of novel custom HTML elements is the Google approach.

Google’s Material 3 for Web is a user interface (UI) library for building web app’s. — Material 3 for Web

Conclusion

Google promises to deliver what is not possible using yesterday’s HTML elements and has published Material HTML custom elements, or Material 3 for Web.

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