It is not, if you frame it like that. But my parent claimed implicitly that the w3c needs to see the web as a pure presentational layer. I have nothing against graphical layers, but a semantic web should stay priority #1 if you ask me.
Also: A lot of the shiny new web apps developed during the last few years are unusable with screen readers and/or on low end devices. As long as we can have graceful degradation, i have nothing against more graphical aspects.
Also: A lot of the shiny new web apps developed during the last few years are unusable with screen readers and/or on low end devices. As long as we can have graceful degradation, i have nothing against more graphical aspects.