Point is that you have to be incredibly careful about allowing new complexity. Now we have reached the situation that implementing a new browser has become possible only for very large companies. This would not have been necessary if the web was built using a more layered approach.
That's too reductionist. There's value in having a media-player-like app of limited complexity and purpose, with a wealth of server-side platforms to deliver content.
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Main problem is that the web is amassing complexity everyday, without ever shedding any of it.
Have you ever looked at your genome? It’s jammed full of old stuff tucked away in case it turns out to be useful someday.
So? Everything in life is like this. Yesterday will always be easier than tomorrow.
Point is that you have to be incredibly careful about allowing new complexity. Now we have reached the situation that implementing a new browser has become possible only for very large companies. This would not have been necessary if the web was built using a more layered approach.
Right, this is my point, the W3C just seems to make it up as they go along and pick and choose.
That's too reductionist. There's value in having a media-player-like app of limited complexity and purpose, with a wealth of server-side platforms to deliver content.