Compatibility with standards is more important. If that means using the same tools and techniques that everyone else does rather than being a rebel, then that's how it has to be.

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Agreed, in general. But if the codebase now shared by all the browsers becomes moribund and unmaintainable, it would be nice if an unrelated effort was working in parallel on a rival system. Diversity is good. Never put all your eggs in one basket.