[jflatow]

'www' should stand for wild, wild, web. In many ways, the web is a technology frontier, with all the frustration and liberation that goes along with it.

I sympathize with the author. The problem is trying to tame the web, as opposed to embracing it for what it is.

[dave2000]

It would appear that "what it is" is "not good enough", and that the sort of functionality and control over behaviour an layout is so hard to achieve on the browser that it's just not possible for any reasonably complex app and for a sensible price.