By my reading of the html 5 draft, it would seem conformant with the (html5) spec to serve a document with a text/html Content-Type but an XHTML Strict doctype.
On 16 March 2010 20:14, Alexander Limi <l...@plone.org> wrote: > What does transitional doctype have to do with geolocation? > > (and XHTML STRICT is a problem, since it implies serving with XML MIME type, > which IE doesn't handle, so that's unlikely to happen) > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Veda Williams <v...@groundwire.org> wrote: >> >> This brings up the question of when we're moving away from Transitional >> DOCTYPE. Do we have a sense of when this will happen? I'm particularly keen >> on knowing, as it opens up the door for us in terms of geolocation in the >> next year or so. >> Thanks, >> - Veda >> >> >> On Mar 16, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Alexander Limi wrote: >> >> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 4:45 AM, Wichert Akkerman <wich...@wiggy.net> >> wrote: >>> >>> I'ld like to see a list of pros and cons of using HTML 5 as well. I am >>> quite worried by the lack of proper support in existing browsers. None of >>> them implement any of the existing HTML standards properly, and I fear that >>> switching to the still unfinished HTML5 would be a several steps too far at >>> this point in time. >> >> What parts in particular do you find are not working? Browsers that don't >> have dedicated support for HTML5 will just treat those tags similar to div >> elements (given an HTML5 shiv for styling to apply in IE), and most of the >> new form-related enhancements are additive in nature. >> >> In general, HTML5 renders even on IE6, there isn't much magic here (but of >> course it doesn't get any of the advantages either). HTML5 is mostly about >> standardizing edge case behaviors and adding new abilities that will >> gracefully degrade in older browsers — and then a few new tags like >> video/audio (that are also relatively easy to make degrade) and structural >> elements like article/footer, etc. >> >> -- >> Alexander Limi · http://limi.net >> _______________________________________________ >> Framework-Team mailing list >> Framework-Team@lists.plone.org >> http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/framework-team >> >> ________________________________ >> Veda Williams >> Web Developer >> Groundwire >> 206.286.1235x23 >> v...@groundwire.org >> ________________________________ >> ONE/Northwest is now Groundwire! Read all about our new name. > > > > -- > Alexander Limi · http://limi.net > > _______________________________________________ > Framework-Team mailing list > Framework-Team@lists.plone.org > http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/framework-team > > _______________________________________________ Framework-Team mailing list Framework-Team@lists.plone.org http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/framework-team