> Evidence shows that people like that kind of format,
I agree, but I don't know that why people like that kind of format is settled. I suspect it's because the majority of today's software has to touch the web, and the only programming language built into web browsers happen to consume and produce that kind of format natively.
In other words, I think it's popular, but I think it's popular because it's the path of least resistance for interfacing with the web, which isn't necessarily a priority all the time.
I agree, but I don't know that why people like that kind of format is settled. I suspect it's because the majority of today's software has to touch the web, and the only programming language built into web browsers happen to consume and produce that kind of format natively.
In other words, I think it's popular, but I think it's popular because it's the path of least resistance for interfacing with the web, which isn't necessarily a priority all the time.