It's a classic case of browser vendors not being willing to support CSS correctly, rather than an inherited inability of CSS to do it's job.
- No. The shortcomings I was referring to are in CSS itself, not the implementations. Most (if not all) of which are being addressed in the CSS3 proposals.
None of the so-called authorities that have any sway in how the Internet works was ever elected yet they can sit there and call themselves what they like.
- Well the W3C which governs all Web standards including CSS was founded by Tim Berners-Lee, who also created the World Wide Web itself, so I'd say they're more than 'so-called authorities'. Of course if by 'so-called authorities' you meant certain browser vendors (yes, Microsoft, I'm looking at you) taking it upon themselves to *rework* standards to their liking then yes, it is a major problem that people should demand be stopped.
