Quoting Laurens Holst <lholst@students.cs.uu.nl>:
> But heh, youâ??re the one saying it isnâ??t compatible anyway! :) 
> More seriously though, in case XHTML2.0 ever would get an 
> http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml  namespace browsers could still 
> â??understandâ?? the old attributes. Maybe itâ??s a good way for the 
> browsers to distinguish XHTML 1.0 <object> element behavior from 
> XHTML 2.0 <object> behavior (assuming that it differs).

In XHTML 1.0 "type" did not affect the Accept: header. It was merely a hint.


> Anyways, I would appreciate it if for once the HTML WG would either 
> commit to using the XHTML 1.0 namespace (oh, yes please), or just 
> break totally free from it. Then at least Iâ??d know what weâ??re 
> heading for with this, and form an opinion based on that. Because 
> obviously if you want to stay semi-compatible with XHTML 1.0, there 
> are other considerations than if you donâ??t.

Agreed.


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