The W3C’s job is setting standards, and as such, they make rules–rules that compliant browsers need to follow. As we know, any person or group that has to make rules often ruffle others’ feathers for a whole myriad of reasons. Rules are rigid–especially with computer standards. People like flexibility and the “old” comfortable way of doing things.
Here is one issue, however, that exemplifies the W3C and their long term goals and how they actually have some meaning in real world application. (more…)