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hnal943 on Sept 29, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Chrome to take No. 2 browser spot from Firefox

That's possible, but any browser that refuses to implement a sufficiently great technology will also risk losing users to browsers who give them a better experience. It will be turbulent, but the consumers will win in the end.

thornkin on Sept 30, 2011 [–]

That is only true if web authors use that feature. If they do not, there is no penalty for failing to support it.

hnal943 on Sept 30, 2011 | [–]

If web authors don't use the feature, should it be in the standard at all?

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