Re: "the standards process, is how we get specs that are sensible." - They are not sensible: different vendors interpret the grey areas differently. A sufficien

Re: "the standards process, is how we get specs that are sensible." - They are not sensible: different vendors interpret the grey areas differently. A sufficiently thorough written standard would be longer and harder-to-read than the code itself to implement such. Re: "Your proposals break Web compatibility" -- Web compatibility is whatever we make it. A one-size-fits-all UI/render standard has proven a mess. What's the harm in at least trying domain-specific standards? We all have theories, but only the real world can really test such theories.