Well, I've read some things about XHTML vs HTML 4, but it seems that it is not very recommended to use XHTML, because no matter what the specifications say, XHTML is not interpreted as XML by most browsers, but parsed as a kind of incorrect HTML 4 (because they are similar).
So all the advantages of XHTML are only on paper for the moment in case of most browsers, including IE.
By the way, have you found a reason for using XHTML and not HTML 4?I use XHTML and HTML 4 in the pages I make, although I don't really like XHTML because its syntax is not so nice. (It is nicer to write <br> than <br />).
I was pretty surprised to hear that some people work to make HTML better and not XHTML, and that after a time we will probably have HTML 5....
What do you think about it? Are you using XHTML 1 just like me... because it is newer and closer to XML?
Octavian----- Original Message ----- From: <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:44 PMSubject: Fw: Serving the Most Appropriate Content to Multiple User Agents from a Single Document Source: XHTML Media Types
Hi, I thought the web developers among us would want to see this. Jim James D Homme, Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc., james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810 "The difference between those who get what they wish for and those who don't is action. Therefore, every action you take is a complete success,regardless of the results." -- Jerrold Mundis Highmark internal only: For usability and accessibility: http://highwire.highmark.com/sites/iwov/hwt093/ ----- Forwarded by James D Homme/Contractor/Highmark on 11/05/2008 11:43 AM ----- "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@xxxxxxxx To t> wai-xtech@xxxxxx, w3c-wai-ig@xxxxxx Sent by: cc w3c-wai-ig-reques wai-liaison@xxxxxx t@xxxxxx Subject Serving the Most Appropriate Content to Multiple User Agents 11/05/2008 11:02 from a Single Document Source: AM XHTML Media Types aloha! as many of you are aware, XHTMLT 1.0, The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (A Reformulation of HTML 4 in XML 1.0 - Second Edition) * [http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1] included an informative Appendix C: "HTML Compatibility Guidelines" * [http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#guidelines] now, the XHTML2 Working Group has clarified how to use XHTML 1.0 to serve the most appropriate content to multiple user agents from a single document source, in a new document: "XHTML Media Types: Serving the Most Appropriate Content to Multiple User Agents from a Single Document Source"; current drafts of XHTML Media Types are available from * [http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Drafts/Overview.html#xhtmlmime] currently, the latest editor's draft is located at: * [http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2008/ED-xhtmlmime-20081024/] explanation: this document supersedes the informative Appendix C of the original XHTML 1.0 Recommendation, entitled: "HTML Compatibility Guidelines", located at: * [http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#guidelines] as a normative document. Abstract of XHTML Media Types: Many people want to use XHTML to author their web pages, but are confused about the best ways to deliver those pages in such a way that they will be processed correctly by various user agents. This Note contains suggestions about how to format XHTML to ensure it is maximally portable, and how to deliver XHTML to various user agents - even those that do not yet support XHTML natively. This document is intended to be used by document authors who want to use XHTML today, but want to be confident that their XHTML content is going to work in the greatest number of environments. XHTML Media Types has ramifications for (at least) the AU WG, the GL WG, the PF WG and the UA WG and it is strongly encouraged that those concerned about serving the most appropriate content and how to achieve such content, review the latest editor's draft at: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2008/ED-xhtmlmime-20081024/ gregory. ---------------------------------------------------------- He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the great innovator. -- Sir Francis Bacon ---------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita: oedipus@xxxxxxxxx Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/ Oedipus' Online Complex: http://my.opera.com/oedipus/ United Blind Advocates for Talking Signs: http://ubats.org ---------------------------------------------------------- __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
