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The Future of HTML

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the what-lies-in-store dept.

An anonymous reader writes "HTML isn't a very good language for making Web pages. However, it has been a very good language for making the Web. This article examines the future of HTML and what it will mean to Web authors, browser and developers. It covers the incremental approach embodied by the WHATWG specifications and the radical cleanup of XHTML proposed by the W3C. Additionally, the author gives an overview of the W3C's new Rich Client Activity."

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  1. FALSE by majest!k · · Score: 5, Funny

    "HTML isn't a very good language for making Web pages."

    Sounds like one of those stupid True/False questions from my highschool computer class

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  2. Re:ATL GURU CHALENGE: by Vo0k · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone know how to render an html string to an hdc?

    echo $thestring | lynx -stdin -dump | dd of=/dev/hdc

    Why would you want to do this though?

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