Comments on: HTML or XHTML?

By: DOCTYPE.. (X)HTML, Strict or Transitional? :: Winston{YW}

DOCTYPE.. (X)HTML, Strict or Transitional? :: Winston{YW} — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:27:47 +0000

[...] HTML or XHTML [...]

By: Hosting Provider

Hosting Provider — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:35:16 +0000

I think XHTML will strict you to code the website more neat and tidy.

By: Web Hosting Finder

Web Hosting Finder — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:30:41 +0000

I would prefer HTML 4.0 for small websites and XHTML for more adavnced websites, Though there are still a large number of popular websites on the web using HTML 4.0

By: kiran

kiran — Sun, 25 May 2008 10:58:44 +0000

I dont know weather there is any solution for my problem!

By: kiran

kiran — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:13:28 +0000

I have a problem migrating ASP.NET1.1 code to ASP.NET2.0.
i have just copied all the .aspx files to 2.0 and have to remove DOCTYPE in 2.0 other wise it wont support 1.1 code.
Now the problem is some of the 2.0 controls are not functioning properly as the required DOCTYPE is not present.
what to do for making my web app compatible to both 1.1 and 2.0 controls

By: kiran

kiran — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:12:12 +0000

I have a problem migrating ASP.NET1.1 code to ASP.NET2.0.
i have just copied all the .aspx files to 2.0 and have to remove the in 2.0 other wise it wont support 1.1 code.
Now the problem is some of the 2.0 controls are not functioning properly as the required DOCTYPE is not present.
what to do for making my web app compatible to both 1.1 and 2.0 controls

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:01:56 +0000

I also still don’t know why you would use HTML as opposed to XHTML, the features are relatively the same.

By: Robert Nyman

Robert Nyman — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:28:11 +0000

Nathalie,

It depends on that what kind of web site it is for, but I would suggest that you would go with a strict Dotype. Also, I’d strongly recommend you to handcode and not use a WYSIWYG tool for building a web site, to learn the ins and outs of HTML. I’d say it’s essential to learn the basics and at the same time get a 100% control of the code itself.

By: Nathalie

Nathalie — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:45:56 +0000

Hiya,

I’m making a website as part of my Personal Project for MYP (Middle Years Programme) which is part of the IBO.

I’m having troubles with the compatibility in different web browsers.
I have Dreamweaver but I’m not sure what to use; my options are…

HTML 4.01 Transitional
HTML 4.01 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.1
XHTML Mobile 1.0

any ideas to help me please?

By: Jeric

Jeric — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:55:21 +0000

really both (XHTML HTML)are the web base today

By: Sitestone » Blog Archive » Wordt het wat met HTML 5?

Sitestone » Blog Archive » Wordt het wat met HTML 5? — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:08:41 +0000

[...] door sommigen betwijfeld. Misschien doet XHTML alleen maar kwaad? Of maakt het eigenljk niet uit of je HTML of XHTML gebruikt? Een aantal guru’s van het eerste moment heeft inmiddels de switch terug naar HTML 4 [...]

By: Semantik vs. die Frage nach HTML oder XHTML at trilodge computin blog

Semantik vs. die Frage nach HTML oder XHTML at trilodge computin blog — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:55:46 +0000

[...] oder Transitional? Diese Frage stellt sich mir viel eher als das ständige HTML vs. XHTML, wie hier, hier oder auch hier. [...]

By: ThinkingPHP and beyond » How-to: Use Html 4.01 in CakePHP 1.2

ThinkingPHP and beyond » How-to: Use Html 4.01 in CakePHP 1.2 — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:24:09 +0000

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By: Robert Nyman

Robert Nyman — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:54:48 +0000

Stefan,

I’m Swedish!

…the differences in page rendering when using HTML is areason on itâ€™s own to go XHTML.

To my knowledge, using a strict HTML and XHTML DOCTYPE gives the same result in all web browsers. If you know of any exception, please let me know.

By: Stefan Van Reeth

Stefan Van Reeth — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:27:55 +0000

@Robert
Referencing Dutch sites? Robert, where you’re from? Nice summary BTW.

@all
Why does an informational page gets turned into some discussion about what’s best? If you like HTML more, that’s the way to go for you. And alike for XHTML.

Admitted, XHTML has some gotcha’s, but reading all the above points ‘em out nicely. And HTML allowing dodgy tag closing, doesn’t mean you’ve GOT to do that :).

In the end, it all comes down to what one likes best. But be honest, the differences in page rendering when using HTML is areason on it’s own to go XHTML. If it’s only to not drive yourself crazy when trying to achieve a consistent cross-browser rendering :D.

Personally, I go for strict mode rendering with XHTML, served as XHTML/text. To make sure pages are well-formed, I use the W3C validator. No content negotiating, clean code, (near) consistent rendering and no old-skool stuff.

As for XHTML 2.0 and HTML 5: don’t hold your breath guys. Those are in the making for years now and they won’t be used in ages to come. When was XHTML 1.0 released? 1998 or so? And still a minority of websites makes use of it.

By: nur Bahnhof » xhtml oder html?

nur Bahnhof » xhtml oder html? — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:41:47 +0000

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By: Frontaal.net » Doctype: welke moet ik kiezen?

Frontaal.net » Doctype: welke moet ik kiezen? — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 06:47:22 +0000

[...] gsmogelijkheden. De keuze tussen HTML en XHTML komt dus eigenlijk neer op een persoonlijke voorkeur. Conclusie Van de talloze doctypes die je kunt vinden op interne [...]

By: Robert Nyman

Robert Nyman — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:54:19 +0000

George,

Basically, you can use either. But if serve it with the correct MIME type, application/xhtml+XML, things like innerHTML (except for in Firefox) and document.write won’t work.

Therefore, to make Google ads work, you need to mkae a workaround. Read more in Why won’t AdSense work with true XHTML?.

By: George

George — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:43:17 +0000

So… what do you need to use if you need to use axaj libraries as prototype and scriptacolous and also use google ads ?
Can’t quite figure it out ….

By: Digging Deeper Into XHTML at Joshua Jenkins is a Person, not a Webpage

Digging Deeper Into XHTML at Joshua Jenkins is a Person, not a Webpage — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:56:25 +0000

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