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Thread: XHTML1.0 vs XHTML 1.1

  1. Sep 13, 2007 22:48 #76
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    Quote Originally Posted by rsteven View Post
    Ok so as I am about to spent alot of time becoming proficient at coding strict standards compliant websites what do you recommend I learn?
    HTML 4.01 Strict (plus CSS 2.1 and DOM Level 2).
    It's the latest recommendation that is reasonably well-supported by contemporary browsers.

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    However deep down I feel like I will be missing out on something cool if I leave off the x :-)
    Believe me, you're not.

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    ...also I am planning to build alot of sites, perhaps a few hundred so if I go for XHTML but served as html would that be better in the long run? I could essentially change the way my pages are served to proper XML.
    It won't be better in the long run, but of course you can do it if you want to. Before you do, though, make sure that you really understand the profound differences between XHTML and HTML and study Appendix C of the XHTML 1.0 specification very carefully.

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    This way would I have more chance that the websites would be more future proof?
    No. If XHTML ever becomes useful, it won't be XHTML 1.x but some other version. It will most likely not be backwards compatible with HTML or XHTML 1.x, so you will have to rewrite your documents anyway if you want to 'upgrade'.

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    Actually it doesn't; it requires support for either XSLT and HTML, or XHTML (supporting both will work fine, too).
    You're right. If the xml-stylesheet PI isn't supported, it will be handled as XHTML.

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    Firefox 3 will support incremental rendering of XHTML (in the general case, at least).
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  2. Sep 14, 2007 02:22 #77
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    thanks!

    I will go with your recommendations

    "HTML 4.01 Strict (plus CSS 2.1 and DOM Level 2).
    It's the latest recommendation that is reasonably well-supported by contemporary browsers."

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    Quote Originally Posted by AutisticCuckoo View Post
    Living in the future as always.
    HTML5 will do this … CSS3 will provide that … Firefox 3 will support the other …
    You bet!
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    I just read some great FAQs about xhtml and html. You can look upto to it. Thanks.
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    Cool

    Hi all,

    What's the difference between the above standards?

    Which should be used in webpages?

    Thanks.

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    All web browsers currently support HTML 3.2 + HTML 4.01 + proprietary tags of their own when the page is served as HTML.

    When the page is served as XHTML (which Internet Explorer 8 and earlier don't support) then the browsers support XHTML 1.0 transitional + proprietary tags of their own (which is basically the same as they support for HTML). Some browsers support some parts of XHTML 1.1 but no browsers support all of it.

    Since browsers only use the SGML doctype as a switch for standards mode all you really need to specify for the doctype regardless of which HTML version you are using is <!DOCTYPE HTML> and the browser will happily accept any HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01 or XHTML 1.0 tags you might use.
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    I use XHTML 1.0 Strict so often that I tend to consider it the default for everything.
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    Is XHTML 1.1 backward compatible?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jrosesr View Post
    Is XHTML 1.1 backward compatible?
    Yes and no. As Tommy says, it's not backwards compatible with HTML:
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    If you serve the document as text/html, don't even think about using XHTML 1.1. It is not backwards-compatible with HTML and should not be served as text/html.
    One might says it's backwards compatible with XHTML 1.0, but there's not much reason to use it. I recommend you stick with XHTML 1.0 and HTML 4.01 for now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jrosesr View Post
    Is XHTML 1.1 backward compatible?
    XHTML 1.1 can only be served as XHTML and not as HTML and so it is not backwards compatible with browsers such as Internet Explorer 9 and earlier which do not support XHTML.
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    Quote Originally Posted by felgall View Post
    When the page is served as XHTML (which Internet Explorer 8 and earlier don't support) then the browsers support XHTML 1.0 transitional + proprietary tags of their own (which is basically the same as they support for HTML). Some browsers support some parts of XHTML 1.1 but no browsers support all of it.
    Does this mean if I strict xhtml doct type, I will run into issues with IE8 and IE7 ? Do you know how IE9 is affected by this?

    Thank you in advance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 4SeeN View Post
    Does this mean if I strict xhtml doct type, I will run into issues with IE8 and IE7 ? Do you know how IE9 is affected by this?

    Thank you in advance.
    IE9 does support XHTML but I am not sure as to which versions of XHTML it supports. I will be waiting until the browser is actually released before determining that as there is still the possibility of changes while it is still in beta.

    IE8 and earlier will offer XHTML files for download unless you tell the browser to treat it as HTML or XML rather than as XHTML.
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