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Because it isn't human readable, which will make debugging it far less convenient than glancing at some JSON in a browser (or in Firebug).

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That and its not native. Still might make sense to replace json with it on performance sensitive projects after major development is complete.

This. Never liked nor used XML for that exact reason.

Rather than down vote you for a simple mistake, I thought I'd let you know that xml is just as human readable as json.

Most people find formats like JSON and YAML much easier to read than XML.

It doesn't make XML any less human readable really. Hell, if you read and write XHTML a lot, it pretty much speaks volumes of its readability.

For large docs, I'd prefer XML too. I mean, I'd rather hunt down a missing closing tag than a missing closing bracket when the thing is pages upon pages long.

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