Posted by G�rard Talbot on 06/02/07 03:14

Patonar wrote :

> Lets take the homepage for example...
>
> The XHTML is there in the interests of web standards.

HTML 4.01 strict DTD is a clear and complete conformance to the HTML
4.01 spec. Strict DTD promotes a clear separation of content and
presentation.

> There is nothing
> in the XHTML that IE shouldn't be able to support.

IE 7 is not able to support a document served as content-type
application/xhtml+xml . That explains why you served your document as
text/html and not as application/xhtml+xml .

Andy, I suggest you have a read of

* No to XHTML an excellent article from Spartanicus
http://www.spartanicus.utvinternet.ie/no-xhtml.htm

* Beware of XHTML by David Hammond (excellent webpage!)
http://www.webdevout.net/articles/beware-of-xhtml

* Sending XHTML as text/html Considered Harmful by Ian Hickson
http://www.hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml

* XHTML's Dirty Little Secret by Mark Pilgrim
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/03/19/dive-into-xml.html

* XHTML Is Dead by Tommy Olsson
http://www.autisticcuckoo.net/archive.php?id=2005/03/14/xhtml-is-dead

* XHTML - What's the Point? by Henri Sivonen
http://hsivonen.iki.fi/xhtml-the-point/

* XHTML is not for Beginners by Lachlan Hunt
http://lachy.id.au/log/2005/12/xhtml-beginners

Gérard
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