We've always been in that place. As Mark Pilgrim put it: "Most of the successful versions of HTML have been “retro-specs,” catching up to the world while simult

We've always been in that place. As Mark Pilgrim put it: "Most of the successful versions of HTML have been “retro-specs,” catching up to the world while simultaneously trying to nudge it in the right direction." -- http://diveintomark.org/archives/2009/11/02/why-do-we-have-an-img-element http://diveintomark.org/archives/2009/11/02/why-do-we-have-a...