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1. Comment - Firefox 3.1 will try native Ogg video and audio, despite W3C

   (Aug 5, 2008 - 2:27 PM)

   What everyone seems to forget is that most of the innovation of the modern internet had nothing to do with the W3C and that they are always lagging behind the useful trends.
   
   The most prominent example is AJAX, which MSFT embedded in IE5 for their Exchange Web Access tools. There was no standard for it. It changed the internet. W3 eventually caught up but no one should wait for the W3 for things that are clearly features in demand.
   
   Even when the W3 finally gets around to things they usually turn out to be so late or so bad that they are all but unused (how often do you use SVG or SMIL or MathML or ...?).
   
   I applaud the FireFox team for taking the initiative and pushing the browsing experience forward for everyone.
   
   Innovation is key. You can flame MS all you want, but without them breaking the rules there is no XMLHTTP and without XMLHTTP there is no AJAX. Sure, it might have come eventually (after 6 years of idiots wrangling over standards) but you would still be using hidden IFRAMEs for everything and begrudging how stupid DHTML is.
   
   My suggestion: Break all the rules. Just try to do it in a open, scalable and comprehensive way and be prepared to clean up after yourself once the final standards come along.
   
   I didn't see any of you moaning about Pre-N or Draft-N routers.