Apr
24
I’ve noticed a lot of websites utilizing XHTML in their websites rather than the widely adopted HTML4.01 standard. I’m not too sure why, though. The benefits of using XHTML over HTML is not applicable to most of these websites, and many don’t use the standard properly (invalidly nested tags, incorrect MIME types).
For those wanting to develop websites in a bleeding edge specification, I recommend using HTML5 & CSS3. Browsers are rapidly adding support for these languages and it offers a lot of benefits (embedded video, content structures, etc) for websites compared to the XHTML standard, which is used primarily to offer websites stricter coding guidelines than any real-world benefits.
