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ovangleon Chromium: "MathML is not something that we want at this time"

Ummm, no. It is part of the html5 spec, under embedded content.

http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/embedded-conten...

ovangleon Chromium: "MathML is not something that we want at this time"

MathML is a valid compile target for TeX equations, it doesn't matter how easy it is to write by hand nor does it matter how verbose it is. It is intended to be an interchange format seldom seen by human eyes or written by human authors.

ovangleon Chromium: "MathML is not something that we want at this time"

The problem is that the Chrome team shouldn't be selectively implementing parts of the html5 standard [1]. It shouldn't matter how many users desire the functionality after it's accepted by the w3c.

Of course, Chrome could implement whatever it likes if it drops any claim to be standards compliant, but until that happens...

[1] http://www.w3.org/Math/draft-spec/mathml.html