Archives for w3c
XHTML 2 is Dead
Wow, I didn’t see this coming. Zeldman reports that the W3C is not going to renew the XHTML 2 working group’s charter this year. That effectively kills XHTML 2 in favor of devoting the resources to the HTML 5 working group. This makes sense in that HTML 5 is already gaining traction, and we’ve seen lots [...]
Tim Berners-Lee on the shift to XHTML
"The attempt to get the world to switch to XML, including quotes around attribute values and slashes in empty tags and namespaces all at once didn't work. The large HTML-generating public did not move, largely because the browsers didn't complain. …It is important to maintain HTML incrementally, as well as continuing a transition to well-formed [...]
Slashdot Interview with Hakon Wium Lie
Ryan pointed me to an excellent interview with Håkon Wium Lie, the man who proposed the concept of CSS to the W3C. The interview covers a wide range, from why certain things work certain ways, to his enthusiasm for microformats. He also places the blame for CSS difficulties squarely in Microsoft’s court for not fully supporting [...]
