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Does anybody care what the W3C think anymore? I was under the impression that the WHATWG was formed due to the browser developers’ frustrations with the W3C and

Does anybody care what the W3C think anymore? I was under the impression that the WHATWG was formed due to the browser developers’ frustrations with the W3C and they now mostly ignore what W3C says or does. So, what are the chances of this actually catching on?

zaarn 8y ago
For pure browser stuff maybe. The W3C still puts out some very very useful resources and standards not directly browser related that are important (such as AP and Micropub)
- xj9 8y ago
  AP isn't relevant because of W3C, AP is relevant because Mastodon is relatively popular.
  - zaarn 8y ago
    AP was developed in conjuction with Mastodon developers and as part of one of the reference implementations.
parvenu74 8y ago
W3C is the coordination point for WebAssembly: https://www.w3.org/wasm/ https://www.w3.org/wasm/ Personally, I think WebAssembly is going to massively revolutionize app delivery. In ten years we will have all but forgotten about JavaScript, switching instead to client-side apps that run at near binary-native speeds, written in real languages with complete type systems.
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- dkersten 8y ago
  Ah, thanks, I didn’t know that WebAssembly was a W3C drive. Good to know they still have relevance.