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XHTML2
A couple of weeks back, Mark Pilgrim wrote a rant about the XHTML2 spec that caused a few ripples in the web design world, not least because several web design gurus sympathised with his position. Several people have produced responses which accuse him of throwing a self-centred tantrum. Thankfully, Mark has now calmed down a bit, but some of his criticisms are still valid.
Now, Jeffrey Zeldman has posted his thoughts, which I broadly agree with. In short, there's enough elitism in the web/tech world already (I'm guilty here, too1) and we shouldn't be adding to it. This kind of thing just fuels the frothing-at-the-mouth "W3C are a bunch of ivory-tower academics who don't understand web design" crowd.
There's no point using a technology just becuase it's there. CSS is worth using because (done right) it vastly reduces the workload involved in creating and maintaining sites, not because it's "the done thing"
1But Netscape 4.x still needs to die.
Now, Jeffrey Zeldman has posted his thoughts, which I broadly agree with. In short, there's enough elitism in the web/tech world already (I'm guilty here, too1) and we shouldn't be adding to it. This kind of thing just fuels the frothing-at-the-mouth "W3C are a bunch of ivory-tower academics who don't understand web design" crowd.
There's no point using a technology just becuase it's there. CSS is worth using because (done right) it vastly reduces the workload involved in creating and maintaining sites, not because it's "the done thing"
1But Netscape 4.x still needs to die.