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It doesn't make much sense to state things, I can't back up with references (I do not remember where I read it), but a few months ago I read, that by 2006 (or 2
by zmix 7y ago
It doesn't make much sense to state things, I can't back up with references (I do not remember where I read it), but a few months ago I read, that by 2006 (or 2008) 60% of all web pages were XHTML. Now, whether that means, that they have been served with the right media-type, I do not remember, but what I know, is that "nerdy" places, and that includes Steam, HumbleBundle.com and GOG.com, were all running on XHTML. So, it was not just a bunch "the minds of a relatively small number of developers".
- ChrisSD 7y agoI'm not sure where your information comes from because it sounds very suspect to me. Sure XHTML was a thing in nerdy circles, I know because I was one of them, but we were hardly the majority. The vast majority of sites were "HTML 4.01" others were at best "XHTML 1.0 Transitional" (which in practice meant the same thing). Those using pure XHTML were relatively few. And of those who did, no major site served it as such because it would have locked out IE users, IIRC.