HTML 5 doesn't drop the target attribute for a elements, in fact it's kind-of adding it, as it was deprecated in HTML 4. It does, however, drop it for link elements.
p and div aren't being deprecated, nor are they being depreciated. However HTML 5 does have new elements such as nav, header, footer, and article for the exact use case you suggested. If widely used (and yeah, that is a big "if"), this would help both search engines and accessibility tools.
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HTML 5 doesn't drop the target attribute for a elements, in fact it's kind-of adding it, as it was deprecated in HTML 4. It does, however, drop it for link elements.
The doctype syntax is retained in order to put existing browsers in no-quirks mode. Also, the html element's start tag is optional, like in HTML 4.
p and div aren't being deprecated, nor are they being depreciated. However HTML 5 does have new elements such as nav, header, footer, and article for the exact use case you suggested. If widely used (and yeah, that is a big "if"), this would help both search engines and accessibility tools.
Blatant plug of my own link: ChatZilla on XULRunner.
See also the "XULRunner Hall of Fame" on DevMo.
Just what I was going to say. However, if anyone wants to turn this on for themselves, they can set the pref "app.update.silent" to true.