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I agree. It suggests that version numbers are essentially meaningless when the consumer of the versioned item is only concerned with what is supported.

It almost seems reasonable to think any browser level 7 should have full HTML5 compatibility. Level 8 should have IndexDB as the built-in database.

I haven't spent a lot of time considering this idea, but I'm attracted to the stability that could be gained from having versions somewhat mapped to implementation standards.



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