Apple already have integrated and deployed the Adobe CSS regions stuff, Google say it's just not their priority this year and would have performance implications on mobile. This is the weasel way to say they don't care, much as Apple are here. The devs may feel otherwise, but they are beholden to their managers who will be well aware of the strategic implications of their work.
Google see Chrome as the best way to bust the iOS App Store, and as such Apple will mysteriously make the e-books in WebKit vision more compelling in the near future than the in browser app development one.
I'm not saying I agree with Google here (though more for tech reasons), just that we need to be clear that the web is experiencing a schism, and that there are certain subjects which it is hopeless to expect agreement on. This is one of them.
I'm arguing that different browsers mysteriously prioritise feature development to be in line with the strategic objectives of the larger organisations that they are in, and that this inevitably leads to conflict where those objectives are directly opposed.
Yeh, but Apple are just as guilty of ramming things into the web platform.
Take srcset for example the value it adds as a responsive image solution is up for debate but there's no hope of Apple dropping it in favour of something else - this is pretty clear from various email lists, F2F meetings (to the extent that Chrome felt they've got no option but to support it)
Apple already have integrated and deployed the Adobe CSS regions stuff, Google say it's just not their priority this year and would have performance implications on mobile. This is the weasel way to say they don't care, much as Apple are here. The devs may feel otherwise, but they are beholden to their managers who will be well aware of the strategic implications of their work.
Google see Chrome as the best way to bust the iOS App Store, and as such Apple will mysteriously make the e-books in WebKit vision more compelling in the near future than the in browser app development one.
I'm not saying I agree with Google here (though more for tech reasons), just that we need to be clear that the web is experiencing a schism, and that there are certain subjects which it is hopeless to expect agreement on. This is one of them.