- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:27:49 +1000
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- CC: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Julian Reschke wrote: >> "Steven: I believe that XHTML2 is more backwards compatible than >> HTML5, and I plan to make a document comparing them to demonstrate it." > > Of these three, I find the last one *is* productive. That statement of his is provably false. I wouldn't call it particularly productive. (X)HTML5 is being developed with backwards compatibility in mind, whereas XHTML2 is incompatible with legacy UAs and previous versions of XHTML by design. Here are just a few compatibility issues with XHTML2 that I can think of now: * It redefines the processing models of some elements in incompatible ways (e.g. <input>) * Replaces all legacy form controls with XForms * Renames elements (e.g. <script> to <handler>, <hr> to <separator>) * Changes <object data=""> to <object src=""> * Replaces the on[event]="" attributes (onclick, etc.) with XML Events -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
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