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After spending a couple of years running true XHTML pages on my site I'm convinced that it's a useless proposition. There's hardly any advantage to using except for a niche group of math enthusiasts. And even then, Internet Explorer has yet to support the application/xhtml+xml MIME type, making any implementation targeted to the masses pointless. I'd much rather advocate a MIME type that is standardized than one that is lacking support.
My vote is for HTML 4.01 over XHTML 1.0 Strict. After spending a couple of years running XHTML 1.0 Strict pages on my site I'm convinced that it's a waste of time. The simple fact that the application/xhtml+xml MIME type isn't supported in Internet Explorer makes a mass implementation pointless. I'd much rather advocate a doctype that is uses a MIME type that is widely supported, i.e. HTML 4.01 over text/html.

Revision as of 19:31, 30 June 2008

My vote is for HTML 4.01 over XHTML 1.0 Strict. After spending a couple of years running XHTML 1.0 Strict pages on my site I'm convinced that it's a waste of time. The simple fact that the application/xhtml+xml MIME type isn't supported in Internet Explorer makes a mass implementation pointless. I'd much rather advocate a doctype that is uses a MIME type that is widely supported, i.e. HTML 4.01 over text/html.