Lachlan, You are only half answering my point - if you are correct about HTML5 support, then the question is whether the majority of browsers will _also_ support XHTML2 If the answer is negative, then no matter how much better it is, the choice will be between HTML4 and HTML5, only.
Regards, Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lachlan Hunt > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 6:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WSG] Living With Legacy > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I can't help feeling that a lot of people are missing the > point here. It > > really isn't anything to do with us developers whether to > use XHTML2 or > > HTML5 - that will be governed by which specifications are > supported by > > IE and Safari in the future. It may be that they disagree, > and then we > > will be stuck on HTML4 for ever and ever! > > In theory, that's a possibility, but in reality, it's not. Apple, > Mozilla and Opera have already decided that they will be supporting > HTML5 and have already begun implementing many of its features. The > chances of IE deciding to support XHTML 2.0 instead are > extremely slim. > In fact, there's more chance of IE refusing to implement > either, but > then pressure from web developers would eventually get to them and > they'd be forced to implement HTML5 anyway. > > -- > Lachlan Hunt > http://lachy.id.au/ > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
