Jonathan wrote: > It fits more naturally with some 'native' tools (e.g. android & windows 8). > IDE's have better support for it.
This is changing http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2014/02/06/json-debugger-visualizer-in-visual-studio-2013.aspx > If you're developing only with css,js,html -> json makes more sense > If you're developing using native tools (plugman flow) -> xml makes more sense Tools evolve. I don't see this as a particularly strong argument.
