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No More Version Numbers For HTML

Posted by timothy on from the now-they'll-have-threat-level-colors dept.

An anonymous reader writes "HTML5 will be the last version of HTML that carries a version number. Ian Hickson, a Google engineer and editor of the HTML5 standard, announced that the language will be transitioned to a 'living standard' without version numbers. A bit like Chrome, if you will."

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  1. no more numbers! by shadowrat · · Score: 4, Funny

    POST!

  2. Thanks google by tokul · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we'll have beta quality software and beta quality standards. Another engineer brainwashed.

    1. Re:Thanks google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's The Google Way, eternal beta.

  3. Re:Internet/server backed "Apps" are the web 3.0 by MightyMartian · · Score: 3, Funny

    And what is this jet you speak of? Javascript, CSS, DOM? If these are jets, then someone put the turbines in backwards, pasted the wings on with glue sticks, and is using banana peels as fuel.

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  4. it just seems appropriate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    GET!

  5. Re:Just like Chrome? by ElectricTurtle · · Score: 1, Funny

    It is for n00bz like you, I'm running 9.0.597.47 beta.

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  6. Re:Translation by OnlyJedi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, if the version numbering converged to something interesting like pi (or e, or the golden ratio) I could see people wanting it.
    Then again, that kind of system wouldn't be rational.

  7. Re:Just like Chrome? by Bill_the_Engineer · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're still out of date. I have the latest bleeding edge version of chrome. I'm running Chrome: living standard edition.

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  8. Re:terrible idea by hardburn · · Score: 4, Funny

    They'll start naming them the way sequels get named.

    • HTML: The Legend Continues
    • HTML Unleashed
    • HTML: The Next Generation
    • HTML Reloaded
    • Final HTML Fantasy XII-2
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