On 9/12/07, Ben Munat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There is plenty of strong opposition to HTML5 as well. I predict that no > new > html/xhtml specs will be adopted/recommended/supported for a long time to > come. > > Also, for the record, it *was* the intention of the w3c -- the primary > standards > body of the world wide web (and made up of representatives from lots of > companies... not just theoreticians in glass towers) -- that HTML 4.1 be > the > *last* HTML spec and that HTML be phased out completely. We were supposed > to > transition to xhtml. It wasn't supposed to be too hard. But microsoft > killed all > that. Now we'll all just argue about it until we retire. Oh what a > wonderful world. >
Well let me just hedge by saying that if core's opinion falls squarely on the XHTML side of the fence then so be it. Having to install a plugin is not going to kill anybody. The main thing I wanted to communicate is that XHTML is not a foregone conclusion, and HTML is a legitimate markup choice regardless of the W3C's intended roadmap. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
