Google is releasing new APIs at a ridiculous pace, many of which are not needed for a huge chunk of websites.
Worse is that Google demonstrably has no qualms about leaving beta-quality implementations of new APIs in place for months or even years or about forcibly retiring APIs it decides shouldn't be there any more. It has done both of those things many times including with widely used functionality. Don't like it? Sorry guys but you should have been on the pre-alpha-might-release-it-one-day channel so you had a few weeks of notice to rewrite your entire style sheet.
Following one dominant browser at the expense of open standards is exactly how we got years of stagnation with IE6. Those of us who remember that period have no desire to see another like it. But those who do not learn from history...
Worse is that Google demonstrably has no qualms about leaving beta-quality implementations of new APIs in place for months or even years or about forcibly retiring APIs it decides shouldn't be there any more. It has done both of those things many times including with widely used functionality. Don't like it? Sorry guys but you should have been on the pre-alpha-might-release-it-one-day channel so you had a few weeks of notice to rewrite your entire style sheet.
Following one dominant browser at the expense of open standards is exactly how we got years of stagnation with IE6. Those of us who remember that period have no desire to see another like it. But those who do not learn from history...