Tag Archives: XHTML

HTML5 is lame

Posted on 25 Feb 2011 by hakre

Some say XHTML was lame. If so, HTML5 will be even more lame. There isn’t any DTD. Can you imagine? Is the HEAD element needed or not? And what about the BODY or HTML element? Who can answer these questions? … Continue reading →

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XHTML5

Posted on 13 Jun 2010 by hakre

Did you know that HTML5 extends from XHTML as well? I did not, it was Anne who made me curious. The quiz (see on the right) is still open.

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Relative URL (#2) HTML/ XHTML Code Smell

Posted on 24 Jan 2010 by hakre

Just yesterday I had a post about the dot in the beginning of relative URLs. Today I have a small addition to that: Two dot path segments in an URL/URI. It’s some more detailed thing related to the history and … Continue reading →

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Relative URL HTML/ XHTML Code Smell

Posted on 23 Jan 2010 by hakre

Another one for the HTML/ XHTML Code Smells: If you’re using realtive URLs inside your documents (which is pretty valid and can save you some bandwidth as well as it can save some hassles for mirroring a website) you should … Continue reading →

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CSS Tests and Cheatsheets

Posted on 20 Jan 2010 by hakre

Are you sure that selector is working? Better target your audience of browsers by checking some CSS-Tests first. I compiled a little list as of a start: Cheat Sheet / Overview CSS contents and browser compatibility – Quirksmode compatibility tables. … Continue reading →

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Script and Style HTML/ XHTML Code Smells

Posted on 19 Jan 2010 by hakre

Remember the time? Grabbing the copy of the HTML 2 RFC, reading through within the afternoon and you started to understand where this all might lead to after some time.  Seeing 3.2, 4.1 and XHTML 1.0 passing this finally ended up … Continue reading →

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