Still wondering why the web will eventually outrun any device-specific apps that are merely presenting content? The answer’s extremely similar to what Mr Zeldman himself wrote on web standards in To Hell with Bad Browsers, now over ten years ago:
It’s about the separation of presentation from structure, which will allow us to do amazing things. Like redesign an entire site in hours instead of months. Stop authoring and debugging stupid, browser-specific markup. And support non-traditional browsers and devices, from Palm Pilots™ to screen readers, without building multiple versions of every page. All pretty good stuff.
Thanks to Roger Johansson for reminding.
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