Re: legacy of incompetence? [was: a compromise to the versioning debate]

> After writing the above, I would like to suggest another principle:
> The HTML-next specification should be as short as possible.
>
> Strictly speaking, "Don't Break the Web" is a non-issue.  Existing  
> web pages will be interpreted just as they are today.  The HTML- 
> next specification only applies when the HTML-next version  
> specifier is seen by the browser.  (Just like XHTML did so [cough]  
> successfully.)

+1

I couldn't agree more. I don't really see any possible and at the  
same time sensible alternative.