The logic behind this is that the browser wars aren’t won by who can render HTML the best, browser wars are won by speed and features.
I don't think the author understands the nature of the "browser wars". He seems to think that none of the players have had the specific desire to have their browser dominate so that it could control, through the power of de facto standardization, exactly how HTML & kin will behave. There's one notable player, namely the one he's beseeching, who has historically been aiming at exactly that. I'll grant that it's possible that they're in the process of having a change of heart: maybe in the future their desire for market share will be a mere matter of pointing user's searches to bing instead of google. But we're still waiting on delivery of a version of IE that proves this.
For all we know, they could be stalling to switch strategies at the last moment possible. But I think it's more likely that they will strategically leave something like Canvas out and continue the same old strategy, but on a slightly different front.
I don't think the author understands the nature of the "browser wars". He seems to think that none of the players have had the specific desire to have their browser dominate so that it could control, through the power of de facto standardization, exactly how HTML & kin will behave. There's one notable player, namely the one he's beseeching, who has historically been aiming at exactly that. I'll grant that it's possible that they're in the process of having a change of heart: maybe in the future their desire for market share will be a mere matter of pointing user's searches to bing instead of google. But we're still waiting on delivery of a version of IE that proves this.
For all we know, they could be stalling to switch strategies at the last moment possible. But I think it's more likely that they will strategically leave something like Canvas out and continue the same old strategy, but on a slightly different front.