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I really haven't followed W3C politics, but has it really been mismanaged and captures more than is inevitable when you have power concentrated in a few compani

by paulgb 7y ago

I really haven't followed W3C politics, but has it really been mismanaged and captures more than is inevitable when you have power concentrated in a few companies and interest groups? Are there standard-setting bodies in other industries (ISO?) that operate with less capture? If anything I've been amazed at how much cool tech the web has been getting as a platform (WebGL, wasm, service workers) but I'm not sure how much credit to give W3C for that. PS Matthew is also the author of the excellent Practical Topography. https://practicaltypography.com/ https://practicaltypography.com/

somebodythere 7y ago
Typography is sweet, but I'm still a little disappointed there was no actual topography in that link.
- welly 7y ago
  Here you go: https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/spie/practical-topography-design-for-alternating-phase-shifting-mask-r6jtDovxUi https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/spie/practical-topography-design...
jgon 7y ago
The W3C gets 0 credit for any of the cool tech you're talking about. Basically all of the good work for browser standards gets done by the WHATWG which is essentially just the browser makers and a few other large and concerned tech companies. Every once and while the W3C copies and pastes the standards document that the WHATWG has sweated over, prints their name on it instead and says "Hey we made a new standards document! We are still relevant!"