with doctype xhtml and using content="text/html; puts i.e. into quirks mode.
and using the correct  content type application/xhtml+xml breaks in i.e.

if you change doctype from xhtml to html I have noticed many styled elements no longer line up as they used to

I got this excerpt from a newsletter from site point


Browsers decide how to handle a file based on the MIME type that the server sends with it.
HTML Web pages are identified with a MIME type of text/html.
Pages written in XHTML that are sent with a MIME type of text/html don't benefit from any of the features of XHTML.
To benefit from the features of XHTML, pages must be sent as application/xhtml+xml.
The most popular Web browser (Internet Explorer 6) cannot view pages sent as application/xhtml+xml.
From this, it follows that you cannot benefit from using XHTML without
breaking compatibility with Internet Explorer 6. So you might as well just use HTML.

you can read more here
http://www.hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml

I have done a bit of stuff with xhtml and considered it to be the future.

Any other thoughts??



____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____
To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or
use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/
      Send Your Posts To: [email protected]
To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface:
http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk

________________  http://www.wdvl.com  _______________________

You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected]
To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at:
Jupitermedia Corp.
Attn: Discussion List Management
475 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016

Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.

Reply via email to