What does transitional doctype have to do with geolocation? (and XHTML STRICT is a problem, since it implies serving with XML MIME type, which IE doesn't handle, so that's unlikely to happen)
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Veda Williams <v...@groundwire.org> wrote: > This brings up the question of when we're moving away from Transitional > DOCTYPE. Do we have a sense of when this will happen? I'm particularly keen > on knowing, as it opens up the door for us in terms of geolocation in the > next year or so. > > Thanks, > > - Veda > > > On Mar 16, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Alexander Limi wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 4:45 AM, Wichert Akkerman <wich...@wiggy.net>wrote: > >> I'ld like to see a list of pros and cons of using HTML 5 as well. I am >> quite worried by the lack of proper support in existing browsers. None of >> them implement any of the existing HTML standards properly, and I fear that >> switching to the still unfinished HTML5 would be a several steps too far at >> this point in time. >> > > What parts in particular do you find are not working? Browsers that don't > have dedicated support for HTML5 will just treat those tags similar to div > elements (given an HTML5 shiv <http://ejohn.org/blog/html5-shiv/> for > styling to apply in IE), and most of the new form-related enhancements are > additive in nature. > > In general, HTML5 renders even on IE6, there isn't much magic here (but of > course it doesn't get any of the advantages either). HTML5 is mostly about > standardizing edge case behaviors and adding new abilities that will > gracefully degrade in older browsers — and then a few new tags like > video/audio (that are also relatively easy to make degrade) and structural > elements like article/footer, etc. > > -- > Alexander Limi · http://limi.net > _______________________________________________ > Framework-Team mailing list > Framework-Team@lists.plone.org > http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/framework-team > > > ------------------------------ > *Veda Williams* Web Developer Groundwire 206.286.1235x23 > v...@groundwire.org [image: > Groundwire]<http://groundwire.org?utm_source=Groundwire.org-email&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=email-signature;utm_content=Logo> > ------------------------------ > ONE/Northwest is now Groundwire! Read all about our new > name<http://groundwire.org/about/our-new-name?utm_source=Groundwire.org-email&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=Read%2Ball%20about%20our%20new%20name&utm_campaign=email-signature> > . > -- Alexander Limi · http://limi.net
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