Elliotte Harold wrote:
Ian Hickson wrote:
If you want to use XHTML, then use XHTML, send it with an XML MIME
type, and be happy.
What's wrong with option 1 is that it doesn't work in the browser with
the majority of the installed base,
What you fail to realise is that by the time (X)HTML 5 is ready to be
used significantly, current information suggests that IE8 will have
added support for XHTML.
something I used to think mattered to this group.
It does matter, but that's why the HTML5 serialisation is provided. The
XHTML serialisation is not intended for IE7 and earlier.
Consequently I and many others choose option 3:
Use XHTML, send it with an HTML MIME type, and be happy.
No!
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Lachlan Hunt
http://lachy.id.au/
