Smashing Magazine brings us a great comic that deals with the confusion on all the available web languages we can choose for our sites:
Now that the development of XHTML 2 is discontinued, should we stick to XHTML 1.0 or move forward to HTML 5 or better prefer the old HTML 4? Let’s set things straight once and for all. In this post we are trying to clear up the confusion, explain what is what and describe what markup language you can use for your web-sites.
A few weeks ago, the W3C announced its plans to stop the work on the XHTML 2 specification in order to focus on the HTML 5 standard. This was the official announcement:
Today the Director announces that when the XHTML 2 Working Group charter expires as scheduled at the end of 2009, the charter will not be renewed. By doing so, and by increasing resources in the HTML Working Group, W3C hopes to accelerate the progress of HTML 5 and clarify W3C’s position regarding the future of HTML.
So, what will happen to XHTML? There’s a FAQ with some answers regarding the W3C’s position on the future of XHTML.