There are some improvements that could be made to HTML/CSS but it is already possible to do a bunch of fancy stuff with no javascript. I don't think it is poss

There are some improvements that could be made to HTML/CSS but it is already possible to do a bunch of fancy stuff with no javascript. I don't think it is possible to avoid tracking while allowing javascript, unless only the most trivial javascript, and for that there is likely to already be HTML/CSS alternatives. The stuff you are talking about is already available if you dig into the settings, although of course picking and choosing your own collection of settings like I do is itself a unique identifier. But there need to be a bunch more restrictions to actually prevent fingerprinting. I think the lack of buy in is because the people who would need to buy in are the ones pushing the tracking. Rather than a new standard something like a directory of sites that work well without javascript (and search engine just searching those sites) with enough people using it for it to be an advantage to be listed seems to me to be more likely to be effective.