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by annevk 5633 days ago
You are assuming browsers implement a particular version of HTML. They do not. I work for a browser vendor (Opera) and what actually happens is that we keep getting closer to interoperability with each release. I.e. add support for EventSource, fix several bugs in the HTML parser, etc.

Software (and in particular the browser market) is not the same as a screwdriver. You do not bring it to market once and it is ready. It incrementally evolves over time and keeps getting better and better (when done right).

To counter Orwellian developments we have version control: http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker