Linked by David Adams on Sat 5th Jul 2008 04:57 UTC, submitted by snydeq
Neil McAllister raises questions regarding the Web now that it no longer resembles Tim Berners-Lee's early vision: Is the Web still the Web if you can't navigate directly to specific content? If the content can't be indexed and searched? If you can't view source? In other words, McAllister writes, if today's RIAs no longer resemble the 'Web,' then should we be shoehorning them into the Web's infrastructure, or is the problem that the client platforms simply aren't evolving fast enough to meet our needs
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Had the W3C not put pressure to comply with Web standards, we might be still seeing a lot of "designed for Internet Explorer" websites. To some extent, a fine open format such as the Portable Network Graphics never quite picked up because companies kept on using GIF simply because Internet Exlporer would not handle PNG.
I definitely agree with the concept of having an independent non profit-driven authority setting the standards. When profit-driven companies are lobbying to get "their" technology endorsed, we can never be sure that consumers will end up with the best product.