> the official w3c answer was basically “why on earth would you want to layout a webpage?! stop doing that!” And that's the heart of my frustration. w3c desig

> the official w3c answer was basically “why on earth would you want to layout a webpage?! stop doing that!” And that's the heart of my frustration. w3c designs things, not based on what people need, or even what people want, but instead what they think people should be doing. So many problems of the web stem from the fact that the committee who's supposed to be directing the design of web technologies, has no interest in how people actually use the web. That creates a power vacuum which gets filled by browser manufacturers, who at least have an interest in the people using the web's needs.