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HTML to be 'Incrementally Evolved'
MrDrBob writes "It has been decided that HTML is going to be incrementally updated, as the W3C believe that their efforts with XHTML are going unnoticed or unused by many websites out there. HTML is going to be worked on in parallel with XHTML (but with no dependencies), with the W3C trying to evolve HTML to a point where it's easier and logical for everybody to transition to XHTML. However, their work is still going to attempt to improve HTML in itself, with work on forms moving towards transitioning into XForms, but bearing in mind the work done by Webforms. In addition, the W3C's HTML validator is going to get improved, with Tim Berners-Lee wanting it to 'check (even) more stuff, be (even) more helpful, and prioritize carefully its errors, warning and mild chidings'. This looks like a nice step forward for the W3C, and will hopefully leave all the squabbling and procrastination behind."
Just because it's the law doesn't mean it's good law.
I see people redesigning everything for wheelchairs, but the number of times I've actually seen people with wheelchairs USING them I can count on the fingers of two hands, in a decade of watching.
Wheelchair ramps and handicapped parking are great for hospitals, a stupid waste of effort and money for everything else.
And I think the same thing about accessiblity for HTML, especially when it's rammed down people's throats with all this politically correct garbage saying we're all disabled at heart.
People who are disabled, retarded, ADD, stupid, etc, etc, get all the special treatment in our society and those with brains get nothing. The "Exceptional Child" in education courses is the dumb child, not the smart one - and you can guess who gets all the attention.
I think it's just plain, well, dumb for a society to act this way.
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