That's objectively worse, there's no way to know what "blue" means in such a context, there are many blues.
"I want things to be worse" is not a compelling argument. Letting developers describe the needs of their applications with a consistent grammar is not unnecessary invention, complexity, or friction.
The grammars of a technology, the set of building blocks with which developers are empowered to create, should balance flexibility with expressive intent. CSS <select> strikes this balance nicely. To decry its inclusion says more about the naysayer than the feature.
"I want things to be worse" is not a compelling argument. Letting developers describe the needs of their applications with a consistent grammar is not unnecessary invention, complexity, or friction.
The grammars of a technology, the set of building blocks with which developers are empowered to create, should balance flexibility with expressive intent. CSS <select> strikes this balance nicely. To decry its inclusion says more about the naysayer than the feature.