- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:44:52 +1000
- To: Mike S <mmiikkee13@gmail.com>
- CC: www-html@w3.org
Mike S wrote: > How can making a new version of a standard break existing pages? If an > existing page uses, for example, HTML 4.01 as its DOCTYPE, and HTML > 5.0 is published, won't that page continue to be read by browsers as > HTML 4.01? No, ideally browsers would handle all revisions of HTML the same. Although browsers have quirks/standards mode, that is based upon the DOCTYPE used, if any, not the version of the langague. The HTML5 spec is attempting to define how to handle all HTML now and in the future. With the unfortunate exception of IE, browsers will not be adding additional DOCTYPE sniffing to distinguish between HTML5 and other revisions. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
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