On 9/12/07, Sandofsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Third, by giving users the option of creating html4 documents, you are
> lending validity to the idea that html4 is fine. I believe few people
> share that feeling.
>

Okay, this idea needs to be shot down right here.  HTML 4
*is*fine--standards uber-geek Anne Van Kesteren switched back to HTML
from XHTML
two years ago (http://annevankesteren.nl/2005/05/xhtml).  XHTML in practice
is just a reformulation of HTML (unless you are using XHTML 1.1 which few
are) and offers nothing above and beyond HTML except for stricter parsing.
 Sure the majority of standards-based designers are using XHTML, but that is
mostly an example of cargo-cult programming.  You will even hear some people
say XHTML is more semantic or some similar rubbish, but it is not.  Make no
mistake, XHTML is not innately superior to HTML, and there's no reason to
believe XHTML 2 will beat HTML 5 as the defacto standard.

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