The only way new features seem to get into the standards is if some browser starts offering it, and it gains so much traction that the standards bodies can&#x27;t ignore it.<p>Web standards seem, from where I&#x27;m standing, to be very post-hoc.<p>Indeed, I think that&#x27;s the way it ought to be.  How many times has it worked out well when you&#x27;ve fully specified something, before you attempt to actually build it?  For me that number is very close to 0.