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Re: Has HTML5 saved XHTML?

• From: Chris Burdess <dog@bluezoo.org>
• To: Jesper Tverskov <jesper.tverskov@gmail.com>
• Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:19:08 +0100

Jesper Tverskov wrote:
> The perspective is not that HTML5 is deprecated in the long run and
> that XHTML5 will take over one day. The perspective is rather, that we
> finish off even the lip service about the XHTML5 track next time
> around. Who cares, no one is using it.

Nobody is using HTML5 either really.

> All major
> browsers today use incremental rendering of XML webpages. Now under
> the "HTML5" brand, it is much easier to use XHTML and the web is on
> the move again, still young and exciting.

By "all major browsers" you probably mean PC-alike desktop browsers rather than browsers for embedded devices etc which are arguably considerably more numerous and the use of which is on a sharp increase (as opposed to the PC-alikes which are pretty stagnant). I have a fairly new phone and its browser doesn't do HTML5. It doesn't matter that much though as I haven't yet found a website which either required an HTML5 browser or for which the use of HTML5 would add significantly to its usability or enjoyment.

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  • Has HTML5 saved XHTML?
    • From: Jesper Tverskov <jesper.tverskov@gmail.com>