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W3C Considering An HTML 5
An anonymous reader writes "When the decision was initially made to move in the direction of XHTML, instead of a new version of HTML proper, it seemed like a good idea. Years later and the widespread adoption of CSS (among other things) has proven that things don't always develop the way we expect. As a result, HTML 5 has been revived by the W3C. After some lobbying and continued work by the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group, the old web markup language is getting an official face-lift. A post to the Webforefront blog explains the history behind the initial decision to move to XHTML, and why things are so different in the here and now."
Because this time people will code to it, dammit.
"Live as if you'll die tomorrow." Ridiculous. You could die later today.
No, the W3C has no authority or ability to enforce it. Browsers will do what they do. Hopefully, what they do is at least in the general neighborhood of the standards. Rules were made to be broken, and Web Standards were made to be bastardized by incompatible browsers.
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Or as the CV writers would say: "extensive experience with HTML 4, XHTML, where he was responsible for delivering high quality web pages. Has studied the HTML5 standard and is confident that he will be able to maintain the same quality of delivery with this new technology."
you, sir, are apparently the last person i should be listening to about HTML.
it's a joke. laugh.
Another web standard for microsoft to ignore.
if the W3C's purpose was to bolster commercial software sales, they sure are going about it in the most ineffective way possible.
I dunno, I sure have bought a lot of copies of Notepad in the last ten years!
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
The result is that browsers will show you the finger if you don't code to the standard.
True confidence comes not from realising you are as good as your peers, but that your peers are as bad as you are.
a specification that describes how to handle invalid content
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Perhaps you'd like to write it? I'd like to see such a thing. It would be quite amazing if it was done well.
I'd recommend a nice blue colored background with lots of white text and numbers when anything goes wrong - I kind of miss it not being in the web world
"assuming that people will code poorly"
Javascript doesn't accept that, so why is that good for markup?
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