- From: Cortland Haws <pixelcort@pixelcort.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 16:45:49 -0700
- To: www-html@w3.org
It would seem that many people are mad that XHTML 2.0 may be non-backwards compatible with previous versions. IMHO, you have to draw the line somewhere. If we keep supporting old semantics, we will never be able to use new semantics. This reminds me of times when OS upgrades promise a new, revolutionary feature that is removed by GM because users of older versions complain it will make their workflow incompatible. But IMHO it would be better to adapt to the new system so that newcomers to the language find it better semantically. (See 'Mac OS X'.) The W3C has the potential to break some nasty habits semantically in (X)HTML with the current situation in XHTML 2.0. Don't lose some of these new features to older semantics. Pixelcort Technologies http://pixelcort.com/
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