Part of the problem is how complex the web stanards are these days. Try building a browser from the ground up today. Part of the issue is the stanards committe

Part of the problem is how complex the web stanards are these days. Try building a browser from the ground up today. Part of the issue is the stanards committees keep adding onto what was supposed to be a document format. We have added onto the spec so much that its a mess. Ironically, it was netscape that probably screwed up the web the most by adding javascript. That boat has sailed, but we keep adding more and more features to the specs.