Re: HTML 4.01 strict / transitional vs. XHTML 1.0

Niki Kovacs wrote:

> Question: I wonder what doctype / standard to choose.

XHTML is loaded down with (mostly) subtle issues, but provides few benefits
to the vast majority. Stick with HTML. 4.01 is the latest and (really)
greatest but is also old enough to have a mature level of support among
user agents.

Transitional contains everything Strict does plus a pile of stuff that you
almost certainly shouldn't be using with with current levels of support for
CSS and JavaScript. The possible exception being the "start" attribute for
ordered lists.

So - HTML 4.01 Strict.

> Goal: sites must display correctly on any browser.

Loaded question. What is "correctly"?

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