You're right, of course. If the original 2009 spec had remained, or been better to begin with, we might have had decent adoption among non-IE and mobile browser

You're right, of course. If the original 2009 spec had remained, or been better to begin with, we might have had decent adoption among non-IE and mobile browsers. Instead, we have a 2012 spec that was just put into a CR two weeks ago. In any case, this is the slow march of progress, and it is good to see.