Defining and reaching consensus on web standards is a daunting task indeed. Trying to get the entire internet community to concur on new standards may be best compared to the time honored cliche of ...

HTML is a standard dictated by browser vendors — not an independent body. That seems to be the message from the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG), which last week announced ...

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The promise of Web application technology is that any user with any Web browser can connect to any Web application, but that promise rings hollow. Universal browser access has been possible only ...