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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	All very interesting - XHTML 2.0 sounds a nightmare I think this from Zledman is apt though: [quote]Today I agree with Mark in having no desire to use XHTML 2. (Which I canâ??t anyway, since itâ??s not a final spec and no browser supports it or will for years, if ever.) But I disagree with Markâ??s conclusion that standards are bullshit. Funny, XHTML 1, CSS1, CSS2, ECMAScript, and DOM are working just fine here. The problem is not standards but this proposed XHTML 2 standard, and the problem, I think, is one of nomenclature rather than hubris or stupidity.[/quote] from: [url=http://www.zeldman.com/daily/0103b.shtml#skyfall]http://www.zeldman.com/daily/0103b.shtml#skyfall[/url] I think we need XHTML - we need to move to more of a XML style markup and structure so we can weave metadata into and around our documents (with things like RDDL, RDF, RSS 1.x, etc.). We are going to increasingly see The Semantic Web pay off soon and going back to HTML 4.01 strikes me as a solidly bad idea. I think this is interesting: [quote]If you are one of the few authors who understands how to avoid the issues raised in this document and does validate all their markup, then this document probably does not apply to you[/quote] from: [url=http://www.hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml]http://www.hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml[/url] i.e. the problem isn't really with the technology its with its implementation (mainly in the people writing the code but also in the browsers/UAs) - if so we need to get educated not revert to older standards. And Tantek is right on the money and it looks like we should all keep a copy of Appendix C next to us: [url=http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#guidelines]http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#guidelines[/url] Granted the situation isn't ideal but when has it ever been? Lets be honest the situation today is far better than it has been and the future looks increasingly rosey ;) Lets not fool ourselves though these are important issues and by raising them we can address the problems (I've got a lot of reading ahead of me clearly) so............. ___________________ Emps FAQs: [url=http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/53/]Emperor[/url] Loading...
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