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Re:W3C and the WHATWG sign agreement to collaborate on singl... by martin_a on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @07:38AM (#20029075)
Yeah, I expected something like that. As the other comment mentions, I'm not sure whether to feel bad about this or not.

On the one hand, browser manufacturers now "have won" and can do what they like. On the other hand, the W3C always was kind of a toothless tiger, hoping that everybody would do as they say.

Difficult situation, not sure if this will "help the web".

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Re:W3C and the WHATWG sign agreement to collaborate on singl... by hungryfoolish on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @07:46AM (#20029117)
>On the other hand, the W3C always was kind of a toothless tiger

Not really, it was, and still is, a neutral ground for people to discuss and build consensus on what technical standards should be on the web. CSS, ARIA, WCAG and many other stuff are working in the W3C pretty well.

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