I kinda bailed on being optimistic/enthusiastic about the Web when xhtml wasn't adopted as the way forward.
It was such a huge improvement. For some reason rather than just tolerating old tag-soup mess while forging the way for a brighter future, we went "nah, let's embrace the mess". WTF.
It was so cool to be able to apply XML tools to the Web and have it actually work. Like getting a big present for Christmas. That was promptly thrown in a dumpster.
It was such a huge improvement. For some reason rather than just tolerating old tag-soup mess while forging the way for a brighter future, we went "nah, let's embrace the mess". WTF.
It was so cool to be able to apply XML tools to the Web and have it actually work. Like getting a big present for Christmas. That was promptly thrown in a dumpster.