Re: HTML / XHTML

> > Most {?} Web pages are in HTML4, I am trying to stick to XHTML
> > Transitional. Comments on the goodness or problems with that approach
> > welcomed.
>
> 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.
>
> although many browsers do not support xHTML, those that don't support it will
> accept xHTML, rendering pages as they would any HTML pages.


To my knowledge, there is not a browser that "does not support" XHTML. Any
browser that renders HTML will support/render XHTML. XHTML is simply a strict
form of HTML, which requires all lower case letters and closing tags. I can't
really think of any "advantage" of using XHTML, as it is rendered exactly the
same as HTML. The difference is just the strictness of the valid, well-formed
structure of the markup. I personally like to use XHTML Strict for markup and
CSS for all styling.

I think perhaps Charles was thinking of XML, which is neither supported nor
rendered by IE.


Tim
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