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No, there are other UAs that don't support application/xhtml+xml (the next biggest after IE is GoogleBot). Also, even though in theory <meta> elements should be read by the server, no server does so.

The real issue with XHTML as text/html persists even with that – it's just being parsed as ...

Let me ask this one question: what advantages are there to sending XHTML as text/html over HTML as text/html?


Simple, mixed mode (ie: multiple namespaces... XHTML+SVG+MathML) XML documents. ;)

http://lambcutlet.org/files/test-cases/xhtml-svg-mathml.xhtml
That needs to be sent as XML though ...

Yeah. The W3C know nothing. :roll:
I’m not referring to them, but the author of one of the HTML 4.0 articles... BTW, which was not viewable properly in a certain latest browser. Which article? All of them render as per the specs say they should be here…



I should say that IE7 will not add ...

Highway of Life wrote: Wow, there is someone who never wants to worry about progress with the web.
So they just make up their own reasons why it would be bad to use XHTML, and call themselves brilliant.

Yeah. The W3C know nothing.

Let me ask this one question: what advantages are there to sending XHTML as text/html over HTML as text/html?

Mac OS X.

Wow... Bumping a thread almost a whole year old...

XHTML1.0 can be sent using text/html, however XHTML1.1 must be sent using application/html+xml

XHTML 1.1 can be sent as text/html, but it should not .

Here's a quote from the W3 Mailing List:

David,

The HTML WG has discussed this issue: the intention was to allow old (HTML-only) browsers to ...

I think I'm 13....

You obviously haven't properly messed around with it, it is buggy, especially the admin panel.