Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
I don&#x27;t build extensions or work on much front end web lately but this reads like Google wants more control over their stuff. The web is becoming less open.<p>&gt; By moving away from HTML-based rendering to a canvas-based rendering, some Chrome extensions may not function as intended on docs.google.com and may need to be updated.<p>&gt; If you are building your own integrations with Google Docs, we recommend using Google Workspace Add-ons framework, which uses the supported Workspace APIs and integration points. This will help ensure there will be less work in the future to support periodic UI implementation changes to Docs.<p>This is basically putting an API on top of an API as far as I&#x27;m concerned. The web renders markup and executes javascript to produce experience. Putting an API on top and using canvas to render your content creates a more closed system.<p>For those more deep in web technology, I&#x27;d like to know if there are reasons to move to canvas for strictly technical merits.