- From: Deeder <dev.deeder@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:40:42 +0100
- To: public-html@w3.org
I think that the first reason why the root element is HTML based, is that the idea of an incremental evolution of HTML was born from the relative failure of xHTML. Now HTML and xHTML have two different targets. New technologies like the Web Mobile have a native implementation of xHTML, whereas older browsers doesn't support this language after several years. It's easier and less onerous to evolve a render engine step by step than to implement a new language with a lot of new rules, specifications, etc. So there are more chances that people move than with a xHTML root element. -- Deeder, Webdeveloper -- http://www.libert-fr.com/ "Numerical accessibility : more than good manners, it's an attitude"
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