Re: Is HTML a final form medium like PDF?

>> p.s. if HTML is condemned to be a final form medium, it isn't the end 
>> of the world as there are standards based XML formats that work just 
>> fine and lots of experience at hand in automatically adapting the 
>> content to particular devices. But do we want to give up on HTML that 
>> easily!
> 
> Interesting perspective... my reaction to this would be to say that 
> while it sounds inviting to preserve the "purity" of HTML and ensure 
> that less and less bad HTML is generated, I find it would come at a 
> really high price...
> 
> HTML should remain the language of the people! At least, we should fight 
> to preserve it so, for as long as we can before having to let it go. :)

Really? I thought really good things are both 
simple AND good :-)

- Sebastian