What is wrong with the DOM? [closed]

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Watching the Google Tech Talk YouTube vidoe here, Crockford makes the statement

The DOM is one of the worst APIs imagined

I was interested in exploring this further, but all a Google search has turned up for me is the Yahoo Developer page which has talks from both Crockford and Resig on the limitations of the DOM, but al开发者_如何学JAVAl links appear to be dead.

I would be interested if anyone could provide links to any current articles on this subject, or if anyone viewed these talks when they were still available if they could provide a summary of the main points.

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The DOM is one of the worst APIs imagined

I have a feeling that what he actually meant is

The way every browser implements the DOM API differently makes it one of the worst APIs imagined

I personally don't find the DOM3 API that bad. But crockford has a habit of being opinionated.