- From: Simon Pieters <zcorpan@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:10:21 +0100
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:04:39 +0100, Colin Lieberman <colin at fontshop.com> wrote: > I'm not sure how this is a backwards compatibility issue. My > understanding is that user agents aren't actually parsing information > from the doctype, just checking for its existence. The only applications > that should break are validators, which would need to be updated anyway. > > I ran some quick (and highly unscientific tests) on ff1.5 and ie7 (both > pc) with a real html 4 doctype, <!DOCTYPE html>, and <!DOCTYPE html5> > (both with and without a space before the 5), and nothing broke in terms > of rendering or function. > > Please let me know if there's something I'm missing here. You're missing something. http://annevankesteren.nl/2005/07/html5-doctype -- Simon Pieters
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