Comment by shiomiru

> No, adding complex new interfaces and then demanding that every browser implement them quickly is what does that.

New interfaces forced into the spec without concern for complexity have led to the demise of existing browser engines.

But the lack of new implementations is also a result of the insistence on keeping all obsolete interfaces, no matter how complex or how little their remaining usefulness, at all cost. (Looking at you, document.write...)

> > a) freeze the standard

> Yes, or rather new features should become rarer over time.

This is far more unrealistic than dropping XSLT support.