HTML V5 and XHTML V2

An anonymous reader writes "While the intention of both HTML V5 and XHTML V2 is to improve on the existing versions, the approaches chosen by the developers to make those improvements are very different. With differing philosophies come distinct results. For the first time in many years, the direction of upcoming browser versions is uncertain. This article uncovers the bigger picture behind the details of these two standards."

Comments

Re:I bet my ass..

[coryking]

So if you are a developer and not a designer, why do you think you are qualified to even talk about how we should design our HTML or what browsers we should target?

Stop being so damn myopic and think like a designer or even *gasp* a business person. You are telling people that they should sign up to your religion, even if it means cutting off 70% of their market share. If you stood even an inch outside your "web developer" click and looked at the big picture, you'd see how insane you sound.

But yeah yeah yeah. IHBT and I'll HAND, thanks.

Re:Where is Microsoft?

[Lord Ender]

are possible without XMLHttpRequest and I don't believe Google Maps uses XMLHttpRequest anyway

http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mapfiles/95/maps2/main.js:

function NE(){try{if(typeof ActiveXObject!="undefined"){return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")}else if(window.XMLHttpRequest){return new XMLHttpRequest}}catch(a){}return null}

you FAIL!