[uug] browsers and standards

[Wade Preston Shearer]

i have a very simple question about browsers and standards. and, i am 
not just whining here... this is a serious question.

why is it that browsers and so far behind the browsers? why is it that 
CSS3 is exists and there are browsers that are still missing support 
for parts of CSS1?

obviously there are hundred of browsers and some teenagers writing one 
out of his basement might not have everything in there, but i am really 
having a hard time understanding why the major browsers have such big 
pieces missing and/or are so far behind.

do they just not care? it can't be like the example of QuarkXPress, 
where they just dominated the marketed and had not competition and 
therefore had not reason to update their code and add features, because 
browsers are free... the writers don't make money selling them.

so... are they working as hard as they can and just can't keep up with 
the features that are invented? do they need more man-power? do they 
just not care? (this is seems to be true for IE to some extent)

i don't have any experience with writing software, but it just seems 
strange to me that you would let your product be lacking... especially 
with all of the competition. it seem like as soon as a new feature is 
developed or conceived, you would want to include that in your next 
update/patch.

anyone?

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