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I'll upvote this for the discussion, but I still think it's unreal that we had to create an entire proprietary AMP/Instant Article standard rather than guidelin

by tiles 10y ago

I'll upvote this for the discussion, but I still think it's unreal that we had to create an entire proprietary AMP/Instant Article standard rather than guidelines for making working mobile sites. Even an HTML validator (hello 1999!). It just seems like every ancient WAP solution that's gone out of fashion.

kartickv 10y ago
You reminded me of Google Gears (disclosure: I worked on it), which was supposed to have played a part in getting the W3C committee to work on HTML5 seriously. Likewise, HTTP2 languished for a long time, but took off quickly once SPDY was implemented in Chrome + Safari + Firefox. As I was told, the best way to spur a standards body into action is to threaten to make them irrelevant.