Comments on: Is it the beginning or the end for the W3C http://manwithnoblog.com/2007/02/08/is-it-the-beginning-or-the-end-for-the-w3c/ Gary Barber rants on user experience, and the controlled chaos of the Web Industry Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:19:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jens Meiert http://manwithnoblog.com/2007/02/08/is-it-the-beginning-or-the-end-for-the-w3c/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Jens Meiert Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:00:48 +0000 http://manwithnoblog.com/2007/02/08/is-it-the-beginning-or-the-end-for-the-w3c/#comment-50 Clearly, it's the end. ... Clearly, it’s the end.

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]]> By: Ben Buchanan http://manwithnoblog.com/2007/02/08/is-it-the-beginning-or-the-end-for-the-w3c/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Ben Buchanan Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:24:04 +0000 http://manwithnoblog.com/2007/02/08/is-it-the-beginning-or-the-end-for-the-w3c/#comment-48 I think the W3C is facing a crisis and I'm not sure they're aware of it. Their role remains critical but they're not meeting it. Specs taking too long to arrive, specs like WCAG 2 being unintelligible to all but the working group members....and even then only regarding the points they recall discussing! Maybe they could start taking on standards like the WHATWG's specs... ie. bring them in, ratify them, let them become the standard. Hard to know quite what to do, really. I think the W3C is facing a crisis and I’m not sure they’re aware of it. Their role remains critical but they’re not meeting it. Specs taking too long to arrive, specs like WCAG 2 being unintelligible to all but the working group members….and even then only regarding the points they recall discussing!

Maybe they could start taking on standards like the WHATWG’s specs… ie. bring them in, ratify them, let them become the standard. Hard to know quite what to do, really.

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