[Marketing] (x)HTML standard for new site?

[aardvark]

> From: Martin Burns <martin at easyweb.co.uk>
> 
> I seem to be picking up a feeling that desdev are thinking about using
> HTML4.01 for the new site:

and by desdev, you mean me... since i suggested it for two key 
reasons:

- we have to go clean *all* the articles looking for elements like 
<br>, <hr>, <img>, etc...

- a page isn't valid XHTML without the MIME type, but that MIME type 
can hose some browsers...

> Now while I'm not really all *that* bothered, I can see that using
> HTML4.01 (/me hopes to high heaven that this doesn't also mean
> table-based layout) will lose us a lot of credibility externally.

i didn't suggest table-based layout... and i agree, a lot of people 
would give us crap for it, but given the reasons above, do we want a 
site that *really* validates, or do we want a site that can hose some 
browsers? if the argument's solid, it just becomes part of the 
'behind the rebuild' article...

> When we last redesigned (1999), we could express a lot of fair 
> scepticism, but not now.
> 
> Thoughts?

see above...

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