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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."

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  1. Re:hmm. by quanticle · · Score: 1, Troll

    Words are cheap. If you look at IE 7 you'll see that its not much more standards compliant than IE 6. In fact, it could be argued that its even less standards compliant, because it breaks with the de facto IE 6 standard.

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