Comments on: The W3C Cannot Save Us

By: Vidall

Vidall — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:37:12 +0000

to Marty McKeever and his relpy: Standards cannot drive innovation.. Marty, you right in first part of your sentences, but not in second one… The most of standarts exist for reinventing innovations

By: Terug naar jQuery | Nomark

Terug naar jQuery | Nomark — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:53:19 +0000

[...] approach for associating behavior directly with the element. Alex Russell of Dojo has written about this previously. Second, all effects that can be accomplished by using element attributes can also be accomplished [...]

By: Bill Higgins’ weblog » Blog Archive » RIA weekly podcast and errata

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:42:20 +0000

[...] another point in the podcast, I mention a blog post by Alex Russell of Dojo where he talks about standards not saving us and encourages browser vendors [...]

By: The Timeliness of SCORM 2.0 Discussions | Flash For Learning

The Timeliness of SCORM 2.0 Discussions | Flash For Learning — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:20:45 +0000

[...] of the ECMAScript group and the CSS-WG in the W3C. Plenty of good discussions of what went down here, here, here and here.It’s pretty crazy to me that all the reasons being cited as to why these [...]

By: pipwerks.com » Blog Archive » Standards don’t foster innovation, they codify it

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:27:12 +0000

[...] compilation of comments on this topic. I especially found this quote on standards from Dojo’s Alex Russell to be very insightful: we need to applaud and use the hell out of “non-standard” features [...]

By: Mike Chambers » Blog Archive » ActionScript 3 and ECMAScript 4

Mike Chambers » Blog Archive » ActionScript 3 and ECMAScript 4 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:40:13 +0000

[...] must be willing to push the web in new ways. Indeed, Alex Russel (of Dojo) comments on this in a post on the failure of the W3C: To get a better future, not only do we need a return to “the browser wars”, we need to applaud [...]

By: CSS Variables Are The Future | Continuing Intermittent Incoherency

CSS Variables Are The Future | Continuing Intermittent Incoherency — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:52:17 +0000

[...] and liberating. But where the spec is in-front of the important implementations…well, I’ve ranted before on the topic. CSS sucks, and the editor of the spec has now written at length of his intent [...]

By: Mufasa

Mufasa — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:27:37 +0000

You’re definitely right that innovation doesn’t come from the standards bodies, it comes from the market. I recently started blogging at the above link about what a new thin client might look like. I talk in the second post about how to keep new software platforms open while encouraging innovation. Any ideas and feedback would be appreciated.

By: The Universal Desktop mobile edition

The Universal Desktop mobile edition — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:25:31 +0000

[...] and really, the W3C wasn’t made for innovation and people are starting to realize that. Alex Russell realizes it, and more [...]

By: Continuing Intermittent Incoherency » Power vs. Authority

Continuing Intermittent Incoherency » Power vs. Authority — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:46:32 +0000

[...] for not pushing the web forward is both humorously off-target and distressingly common. I’ve written about this before, but fundamentally you can’t blame the W3C for failing to act because it’s not the [...]

By: Jurnalism Online - Curs 2008 » Blog Archive » W3C – World wide web consortium. Istorie, functionare, recomandari

Sat, 24 May 2008 10:15:52 +0000

[...] cele mai mari companii din lume isi impun punctul de vedere, nu neaparat spre binele clientilor lor [13]. [...]

By: Technosyncrocity » Web standards, browsers, and the future of the Web

Technosyncrocity » Web standards, browsers, and the future of the Web — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:01:34 +0000

[...] the CSS working group and the W3C in general have come under fire as Opera launches an assault on Microsoft. A counterculture of pro-proprietary technology advocates [...]

By: Ben Hollis

Ben Hollis — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:45:11 +0000

Alex, I just found your blog and I’m loving it. You have the right idea about the web, and it’s great to see so many of the ideas I’ve had kicking around in the back of my head expressed so well.

By: Bill Higgins :: RIA weekly podcast and errata

Bill Higgins :: RIA weekly podcast and errata — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:49:32 +0000

[...] another point in the podcast, I mention a blog post by Alex Russell of Dojo where he talks about standards not saving us and encourages browser vendors [...]

By: Tell the CSS WG what you want from CSS3 - The Web Standards Project

Tell the CSS WG what you want from CSS3 - The Web Standards Project — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:41:51 +0000

[...] There’s been a lot of debate recently about whether the current charter is adequate. The CSS Working Group read those, but in order to focus on the work of the group (rather than meta-issues like its constitution), I don’t want to re-open that discussion here; if you have something that hasn’t already been said about the constitution of the CSS working group, please comment on those discussions. [...]