Comment on Platform Strategy and Its DiscontentsparentComments−pjmlp1yI was really disappointed that XHTML effort was killed by the HTML5 folks, we could be so much better, but it is as it is.−Devasta1yThe founding members of the WHATWG really are the Thomas Midgley's of the software world. The world will spend the next century of software development trying to repair their screwups.−pjmlp1yIronically that work is now being made obsolete with apps regaining the role of native apps, or the plugins revenge via WebGL/WebGPU/WebAssembly.
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I was really disappointed that XHTML effort was killed by the HTML5 folks, we could be so much better, but it is as it is.
The founding members of the WHATWG really are the Thomas Midgley's of the software world. The world will spend the next century of software development trying to repair their screwups.
Ironically that work is now being made obsolete with apps regaining the role of native apps, or the plugins revenge via WebGL/WebGPU/WebAssembly.