Yes, because vertical centering can be implemented manually using these available elements as you said.
But no, because all it takes is one of these solutions and naming it "vcenter" under the hood and not having to interact with any of it. And that's exactly what we do using classes or using a css framework that provides for better abstraction than vanilla css. And as the original article demonstrates, there usually is one best practice that checks all the boxes.
It's not that vertical aligning is buggy or that it doesn't work or that it's not possible. There was never a tag for it as if the need wasn't acknowledged, even with the browsers fully capable of doing it as demonstrated by every webmaster that did it since css1.
And to add, complexity is never a reason when you're capable of abstraction. The main issue with CSS and HTML is there is no "let". You're always forced to deal with the specific tags directly. Instead, javascript is provided as a tool for abstraction. So again, it's all possible. We just have to do it ourselves as opposed to there just being a "let".
Yes and no.
Yes, because vertical centering can be implemented manually using these available elements as you said.
But no, because all it takes is one of these solutions and naming it "vcenter" under the hood and not having to interact with any of it. And that's exactly what we do using classes or using a css framework that provides for better abstraction than vanilla css. And as the original article demonstrates, there usually is one best practice that checks all the boxes.
It's not that vertical aligning is buggy or that it doesn't work or that it's not possible. There was never a tag for it as if the need wasn't acknowledged, even with the browsers fully capable of doing it as demonstrated by every webmaster that did it since css1.
And to add, complexity is never a reason when you're capable of abstraction. The main issue with CSS and HTML is there is no "let". You're always forced to deal with the specific tags directly. Instead, javascript is provided as a tool for abstraction. So again, it's all possible. We just have to do it ourselves as opposed to there just being a "let".