The Future is XHTML 2.0

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Posted by Zonk on Friday January 27, 2006 @04:17AM from the to-the-future-infinity-boy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As with its past, the future of HTML will be varied, some might say messy, but I believe XHTML 2.0 will ultimately receive widespread acceptance and adoption. A big move in this direction will be in Embedded devices such as phones and digital TVs, which will have no need to support the Web's legacy of messy HTML, and are free to take unburdened advantage of XHTML 2.0. This Developer Works article examines the work of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in creating the next-generation version of their XHTML specification, and also their response to the demand for 'rich client" behavior exemplified by Ajax applications.'

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Actually, the Future is just 'X' by digitaldc · 2006-01-27 04:27 · Score: 3, Funny

Why is it that every new product has an 'X' attached to it?

XBox, XForms, XHTML, OSX, Windows XP, x86, xChat, X Multimedia System, Adium X, X drive, and it goes on and on.

So just slap an 'X' on it and instantly beam into the future!

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1. Re:Actually, the Future is just 'X' by trash+eighty · 2006-01-27 04:45 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  because X sells
maybe it's just me.... by to_kallon · 2006-01-27 04:33 · Score: 3, Funny

but i have a hard time taking a guy named Edd Dumbill seriously.

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Wait.... by AnswerIs42 · 2006-01-27 04:39 · Score: 4, Funny

I thought Web 2.0 was the future?

Ow wait.. that's right.. that was LAST week's "future". So, shall we take bets on next week's "future"?
1. Re:Wait.... by kadathseeker · 2006-01-27 05:13 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  But if the Future was now a few years ago, then the Future was Web 2.0 which is now old, does this mean the new Future of XHTML is old? Does that mean the Future itself is old? That would mean... wait... I'm confused... This is just like Spaceballs!
  
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2. Re:Wait.... by fbjon · 2006-01-27 08:15 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Does that mean the Future itself is old?
  No, but in Soviet Russia, you are old in the Future!
  Ha, I'll bet no-one expected that one!
  
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Re:Time for an Internet Reboot by Stan+Vassilev · 2006-01-27 05:04 · Score: 2, Funny

"I think it's time for the internet to stop catering to the past."

I think it's time to make way to the young people! Well, who's first to commit suicide?
Yeah but... by Milton+Waddams · 2006-01-27 05:08 · Score: 2, Funny

...is it Web 2.0 compliant?
XP vs. :) by TeknoHog · 2006-01-27 07:55 · Score: 2, Funny

Actually, the XP in "Windows XP" is an emoticon.

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