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What's so bad about the DOM?

I keep hearing people (Crockford in particular) saying the DOM is a terrible API, but not really justifying this statement. Apart from cross-browser inconsistencies, what are some reasons why the DOM ...

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Strategy for designing a plugin API

I am working on an application for which a rich plugin API is crucial. What is the best process for creating an API that is intuitive and easy to learn?

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