diff --git a/packages/core/src/diff.rs b/packages/core/src/diff.rs
index 5d7265e35..d7df3392a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/diff.rs
+++ b/packages/core/src/diff.rs
@@ -30,22 +30,20 @@ use fxhash::{FxHashMap, FxHashSet};
 
 use std::{
     any::Any,
-    cell::Cell,
-    cmp::Ordering,
-    marker::PhantomData,
     rc::{Rc, Weak},
 };
 
 /// The accompanying "real dom" exposes an imperative API for controlling the UI layout
 ///
-/// Instead of having handles directly over nodes, Dioxus uses simple u32s as node IDs.
-/// This allows layouts with up to 4,294,967,295 nodes. If we use nohasher, then retrieving is very fast.
-
-/// The "RealDom" abstracts over the... real dom. Elements are mapped by ID. The RealDom is inteded to maintain a stack
-/// of real nodes as the diffing algorithm descenes through the tree. This means that whatever is on top of the stack
-/// will receive modifications. However, instead of using child-based methods for descending through the tree, we instead
-/// ask the RealDom to either push or pop real nodes onto the stack. This saves us the indexing cost while working on a
-/// single node
+/// Instead of having handles directly over nodes, Dioxus uses simple u64s as node IDs.
+/// The expectation is that the underlying renderer will mainain their Nodes in something like slotmap or an ECS memory
+/// where indexing is very fast. For reference, the slotmap in the WebSys renderer takes about 3ns to randomly access any
+/// node.
+///
+/// The "RealDom" abstracts over the... real dom. The RealDom trait assumes that the renderer maintains a stack of real
+/// nodes as the diffing algorithm descenes through the tree. This means that whatever is on top of the stack will receive
+/// any modifications that follow. This technique enables the diffing algorithm to avoid directly handling or storing any
+/// target-specific Node type as well as easily serializing the edits to be sent over a network or IPC connection.
 pub trait RealDom<'a> {
     // Navigation
     fn push_root(&mut self, root: RealDomNode);
@@ -60,8 +58,8 @@ pub trait RealDom<'a> {
 
     // Create
     fn create_text_node(&mut self, text: &'a str) -> RealDomNode;
-    fn create_element(&mut self, tag: &'static str) -> RealDomNode;
-    fn create_element_ns(&mut self, tag: &'static str, namespace: &'static str) -> RealDomNode;
+    fn create_element(&mut self, tag: &'static str, ns: Option<&'static str>) -> RealDomNode;
+
     // placeholders are nodes that don't get rendered but still exist as an "anchor" in the real dom
     fn create_placeholder(&mut self) -> RealDomNode;
 
@@ -73,12 +71,11 @@ pub trait RealDom<'a> {
         element_id: usize,
         realnode: RealDomNode,
     );
-    // fn new_event_listener(&mut self, event: &str);
     fn remove_event_listener(&mut self, event: &'static str);
 
     // modify
     fn set_text(&mut self, text: &'a str);
-    fn set_attribute(&mut self, name: &'static str, value: &'a str, is_namespaced: bool);
+    fn set_attribute(&mut self, name: &'static str, value: &'a str, ns: Option<&'a str>);
     fn remove_attribute(&mut self, name: &'static str);
 
     // node ref
@@ -152,7 +149,7 @@ impl<'real, 'bump, Dom: RealDom<'bump>> DiffMachine<'real, 'bump, Dom> {
                     new.dom_id.set(old.dom_id.get());
 
                     self.diff_listeners(old.listeners, new.listeners);
-                    self.diff_attr(old.attributes, new.attributes, new.namespace.is_some());
+                    self.diff_attr(old.attributes, new.attributes, new.namespace);
                     self.diff_children(old.children, new.children);
                 }
                 // New node is a text element, need to replace the element with a simple text node
@@ -348,9 +345,9 @@ impl<'real, 'bump, Dom: RealDom<'bump>> DiffMachine<'real, 'bump, Dom> {
                 } = el;
                 // log::info!("Creating {:#?}", node);
                 let real_id = if let Some(namespace) = namespace {
-                    self.dom.create_element_ns(tag_name, namespace)
+                    self.dom.create_element(tag_name, Some(namespace))
                 } else {
-                    self.dom.create_element(tag_name)
+                    self.dom.create_element(tag_name, None)
                 };
                 el.dom_id.set(real_id);
 
@@ -361,8 +358,7 @@ impl<'real, 'bump, Dom: RealDom<'bump>> DiffMachine<'real, 'bump, Dom> {
                 });
 
                 for attr in *attributes {
-                    self.dom
-                        .set_attribute(&attr.name, &attr.value, namespace.is_some());
+                    self.dom.set_attribute(&attr.name, &attr.value, *namespace);
                 }
 
                 // Fast path: if there is a single text child, it is faster to
@@ -564,7 +560,8 @@ impl<'a, 'bump, Dom: RealDom<'bump>> DiffMachine<'a, 'bump, Dom> {
         &mut self,
         old: &'bump [Attribute<'bump>],
         new: &'bump [Attribute<'bump>],
-        is_namespaced: bool,
+        namespace: Option<&'bump str>,
+        // is_namespaced: bool,
     ) {
         // Do O(n^2) passes to add/update and remove attributes, since
         // there are almost always very few attributes.
@@ -575,14 +572,14 @@ impl<'a, 'bump, Dom: RealDom<'bump>> DiffMachine<'a, 'bump, Dom> {
             if new_attr.is_volatile() {
                 // self.dom.commit_traversal();
                 self.dom
-                    .set_attribute(new_attr.name, new_attr.value, is_namespaced);
+                    .set_attribute(new_attr.name, new_attr.value, namespace);
             } else {
                 for old_attr in old {
                     if old_attr.name == new_attr.name {
                         if old_attr.value != new_attr.value {
                             // self.dom.commit_traversal();
                             self.dom
-                                .set_attribute(new_attr.name, new_attr.value, is_namespaced);
+                                .set_attribute(new_attr.name, new_attr.value, namespace);
                         }
                         continue 'outer;
                     } else {
@@ -592,7 +589,7 @@ impl<'a, 'bump, Dom: RealDom<'bump>> DiffMachine<'a, 'bump, Dom> {
 
                 // self.dom.commit_traversal();
                 self.dom
-                    .set_attribute(new_attr.name, new_attr.value, is_namespaced);
+                    .set_attribute(new_attr.name, new_attr.value, namespace);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/util.rs b/packages/core/src/util.rs
index f5f921685..d5c10a0c7 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/util.rs
+++ b/packages/core/src/util.rs
@@ -24,15 +24,11 @@ impl<'a> RealDom<'a> for DebugDom {
         RealDomNode::new(self.counter)
     }
 
-    fn create_element(&mut self, tag: &str) -> RealDomNode {
+    fn create_element(&mut self, tag: &str, ns: Option<&'a str>) -> RealDomNode {
         self.counter += 1;
         RealDomNode::new(self.counter)
     }
 
-    fn create_element_ns(&mut self, tag: &str, namespace: &str) -> RealDomNode {
-        self.counter += 1;
-        RealDomNode::new(self.counter)
-    }
     fn create_placeholder(&mut self) -> RealDomNode {
         self.counter += 1;
         RealDomNode::new(self.counter)
@@ -51,7 +47,7 @@ impl<'a> RealDom<'a> for DebugDom {
 
     fn set_text(&mut self, text: &str) {}
 
-    fn set_attribute(&mut self, name: &str, value: &str, is_namespaced: bool) {}
+    fn set_attribute(&mut self, name: &str, value: &str, namespace: Option<&str>) {}
 
     fn remove_attribute(&mut self, name: &str) {}
 
diff --git a/packages/webview/.vscode/settings.json b/packages/webview/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80f51cff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/webview/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "rust-analyzer.inlayHints.enable": false
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/webview/src/dom.rs b/packages/webview/src/dom.rs
index dd6156a3b..2cc4ab103 100644
--- a/packages/webview/src/dom.rs
+++ b/packages/webview/src/dom.rs
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ pub enum SerializedDom<'bump> {
         id: u64,
     },
     NewEventListener {
+        event: &'bump str,
         scope: ScopeIdx,
         node: u64,
         idx: usize,
     },
-
     RemoveEventListener {
         event: &'bump str,
     },
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ pub enum SerializedDom<'bump> {
     SetAttribute {
         field: &'bump str,
         value: &'bump str,
+        ns: Option<&'bump str>,
     },
     RemoveAttribute {
         name: &'bump str,
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ impl<'bump> RealDom<'bump> for WebviewDom<'bump> {
     }
 
     fn append_child(&mut self) {
-        self.edits.push(AppendChild {});
+        self.edits.push(AppendChild);
     }
 
     fn replace_with(&mut self) {
@@ -107,25 +108,17 @@ impl<'bump> RealDom<'bump> for WebviewDom<'bump> {
         id
     }
 
-    fn create_element(&mut self, tag: &'bump str) -> dioxus_core::virtual_dom::RealDomNode {
-        self.node_counter += 1;
-        let id = RealDomNode::new(self.node_counter);
-        self.edits.push(CreateElement { id: id.0, tag });
-        id
-    }
-
-    fn create_element_ns(
+    fn create_element(
         &mut self,
-        tag: &'static str,
-        namespace: &'static str,
+        tag: &'bump str,
+        ns: Option<&'bump str>,
     ) -> dioxus_core::virtual_dom::RealDomNode {
         self.node_counter += 1;
         let id = RealDomNode::new(self.node_counter);
-        self.edits.push(CreateElementNs {
-            id: id.0,
-            ns: namespace,
-            tag,
-        });
+        match ns {
+            Some(ns) => self.edits.push(CreateElementNs { id: id.0, ns, tag }),
+            None => self.edits.push(CreateElement { id: id.0, tag }),
+        }
         id
     }
 
@@ -138,13 +131,14 @@ impl<'bump> RealDom<'bump> for WebviewDom<'bump> {
 
     fn new_event_listener(
         &mut self,
-        event: &str,
+        event: &'static str,
         scope: dioxus_core::prelude::ScopeIdx,
         element_id: usize,
         realnode: dioxus_core::virtual_dom::RealDomNode,
     ) {
         self.edits.push(NewEventListener {
             scope,
+            event,
             idx: element_id,
             node: realnode.0,
         });
@@ -158,8 +152,8 @@ impl<'bump> RealDom<'bump> for WebviewDom<'bump> {
         self.edits.push(SetText { text });
     }
 
-    fn set_attribute(&mut self, field: &'static str, value: &'bump str, is_namespaced: bool) {
-        self.edits.push(SetAttribute { field, value });
+    fn set_attribute(&mut self, field: &'static str, value: &'bump str, ns: Option<&'bump str>) {
+        self.edits.push(SetAttribute { field, value, ns });
     }
 
     fn remove_attribute(&mut self, name: &'static str) {