- From: Keith Bowes <keith_bowes@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 00:38:03 -0400
- To: www-html@w3.org
Hi! I would like some feedback and suggestions about my idea of the next version of HTML (HTML 5, perhaps). My idea is basically a leveling of the HTML dialects, based on what people actually use (it worked for American English, so why not HTML?). Here are some elementary ideas: 1. No DOCTYPE required. However, if not specified, the latest version is assumed. 2. Add commonly used tags and attributes that have no standard/CSS equivalents (among the primary candidates is <BGSOUND>). 3. Allow "made-up" attributes, creating a more powerful DOM (this is already allowed in Internet Explorer). 4. Stop downplaying HTML features just because they're presentational. Modern HTML should break the barriers of prior versions and allow presentational features, especially those of hypertext (eg, FRAMES, INLINE FRAMES, and BACKGROUND SOUND) and those that can't be replaced by stylesheets and newer constructs (especially FRAMES). Feedback, suggestions, comments, etc. are appreciated. Thanks.
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