Ooph yes. I had forgotten how they were rewriting HTML essentially from scratch and this time basing it on XML. In fairness, it wasn't a completely dumb idea as

Ooph yes. I had forgotten how they were rewriting HTML essentially from scratch and this time basing it on XML. In fairness, it wasn't a completely dumb idea as HTML had picked up a lot of warts from its long history and anyway almost no browser implemented the HTML spec as written. The browser wars especially spread a lot of debris across implementations. The temptation to rip it up and start again is very strong with software engineers even in the best of circumstances (heck, just ask Google about this). But getting everyone else to start over as well was always going to be an uphill struggle even if it was truly the best thing ever.