you are right. xslt is not that bad. especially not for simple cases. your example would be just about enough for my website. thanks for that. i have used xslt before, but that was a long time ago.

however if you read through the comments there are a lot of people complaining, so they definitely see a downside to using xslt. as for longevity, well, a search led me to a chrome proposal to remove it that was made 10 years ago and ultimately rejected at the time. so maybe you are right about that too.