Re: HTML / XHTML

At 03:36 PM 11/16/03, you wrote:
>Most {?} Web pages are in HTML4, I am trying to stick to XHTML 
>Transitional. Comments on the goodness or problems with that approach welcomed.

I've used xHTML exclusively since the xHTML 1.0 standard came out.  I've 
had no problems at all doing this.

Many argue that xHTML should not be used because (a) they assert that there 
is no special advantage to using it, and (b) many browsers -- notably IE -- 
don't support xHTML.

I use xHTML because (a) it is one step closer to XML, (b) xHTML is 
stricter, e.g. end tags are mandatory, so validating pages identifies the 
missing end tags that cause endless problems with NN4, and (c) although 
many browsers do not support xHTML, those that don't support it will accept 
xHTML, rendering pages as they would any HTML pages. NOTE:  some would 
respond to my point (b) that there are code checkers that can identify 
missing end tags; I know this, and I use such a tool -- in my design 
methodology I use a (fast) validator (aRealValidator.com) to check often 
for syntax errors, and I use my (slow) code checker to check a site when it 
is nearly ready -- so it saves me time and trouble if the validator can 
report missing end tags.

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