[idndoxheo]

ah yes, the good old bay-area-bubble.

if your two friends don't use a feature, it can be dropped. that's the origin of sites only working with IE6 buttons (to keep with the age of the article) or noways things crashing unless your browser implements the latest buggy and non standard features that chrome is pushing.

also, remember, even the standard stuff (w3c) was always written and worked on folks in the payroll of companies whose main business was selling advertisement.