- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:27:58 +1100
Elliotte Harold wrote: > Ian Hickson wrote: >> If you want to use XHTML, then use XHTML, send it with an XML MIME >> type, and be happy. > > What's wrong with option 1 is that it doesn't work in the browser with > the majority of the installed base, What you fail to realise is that by the time (X)HTML 5 is ready to be used significantly, current information suggests that IE8 will have added support for XHTML. > something I used to think mattered to this group. It does matter, but that's why the HTML5 serialisation is provided. The XHTML serialisation is not intended for IE7 and earlier. > Consequently I and many others choose option 3: > > Use XHTML, send it with an HTML MIME type, and be happy. No! -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
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