[shadowfyr]

Actually, the problem with MXP is that Zugg refuses to fix his own spec to clarify how it should be implemented, so that the muds use them correctly. Result is that they use zMud to test it, and like a web browser, the client just parses things anyway, even in situations it shouldn't, according to the specification, if you read it literally. So, the spec says one thing, the client does something else, and no one has a clue what the frack is going on. Its kind of hard to improve something when the guy that wrote the spec can't even agree on what it should be. Mind you, he and Nick Gammon did discuss it, and Zugg agreed that there should be "some" agreement on what it really is supposed to do in some cases. Nothing ever happened.

But yeah, there is a clear standards problem, and no one willing to step forward and say, "This is what needs to happen.", or any group willing to set them collaboratively.