Re: [WICG/webcomponents] Shadow DOM mode as opt-in feature flags (Issue #1049)

First, thank you @shannonmoeller for filing the issue

+1 to @justinfagnani and @caridy points on the issues discussed to @shannonmoeller proposal

My overall opinion on this has changed over the years and I agree with this statement by @ox-harris 

> Put another way, haviing the Shadow DOM as the one means to those ends is what I see as the problem.

I would actually recommend the inverse of this and say we should try and figure out how to bring custom elements **with** `<slots>` into the light DOM rather than opening up shadow DOM boundaries beyond what is available via the `mode` switch. This also aligns with @ox-harris other point that we're continuing to solve within the Light DOM other problems we originally used shadow DOM for (eg: scoped styles).

I've raised this in the past so I know there is a can of worms for supporting `slots` without a shadow tree but I foresee that being a better DX.

In either scenario though, I am curious how a developer would know which capabilities they have when consuming someone else's component without resorting to Javascript which speaks to @caridy point of the potential matrix we have? This is important to consider if I'm using someone else's web component and all I want to do is cross reference an ID or style a child; how do I easily know that's possible? I digress.


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