More specifically, innovation happens when innovators push the limits of existing technologies (even if they're bad or not intended for that use) rather than wa

More specifically, innovation happens when innovators push the limits of existing technologies (even if they're bad or not intended for that use) rather than waiting for the platform to catch up. For most of its history, HTML has been codifying usage rather than prescribing it. The one major exception—XHTML—was never widely adopted, partly for this reason.