Wow the page that article was on is severely broken when viewed on iPhone Safari, the main content is stuck on a second column and word wrapping every say 2-3 words.
Surprising considering "The mission of the IETF is to make the Internet work better..."
Keyword: internet, not web. You should redirect your complaints towards Apple, the W3C and/or the WHATWG.
The sites uses tables for layout.
I think your right, they've broken the Internet.
I don't get the use of certificates for onion websites: isn't the name of the service its public key? Why would you also need a certificate?