How Far We've Come

... to get slick, polished apps with the Platform and a Stylesheet.

Things that used to need a javascript library

Feature or Pattern	Note
Multiple file uploads	Introduced 2011
CSS Border Radius
CSS Box Shadows
CSS animations	Most modern dropdowns wouldn't be possible without this.
Fully style-able buttons	Introduced 2013
CSS Nesting	Introduced 2023. 90% coverage (Jul '25). Link
CSS Layers	Introduced 2023. 93% coverage (July '25). Link
CSS Variables	Introduced 2016. Broad coverage from 2019
Date Input Type	Introduced 2021. 96% coverage.
SVG Icons	20