{"id":127,"date":"2006-11-07T14:00:54","date_gmt":"2006-11-07T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/2006\/11\/future-of-html"},"modified":"2006-12-11T22:31:11","modified_gmt":"2006-12-11T22:31:11","slug":"future-of-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/2006\/11\/future-of-html","title":{"rendered":"Have Your Say about the Future of HTML"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article has been written on behalf of the Web Hypertext\r\n\tApplication Technology Working Group (<a href=\"http:\/\/whatwg.org\/\">WHATWG<\/a>)\r\n\tand has been cross posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webstandards.org\/2006\/11\/07\/have-your-say-about-the-future-of-html\/\">The\r\n\tWeb Standards Project<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/molly.com\/2006\/11\/07\/have-your-say-about-the-future-of-html\/\">Molly.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.456bereastreet.com\/archive\/200611\/have_your_say_about_the_future_of_html\/\">456\r\n\tBerea Street<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p> There\u2019s been a lot of discussion about the W3C\u2019s recent decision to <a href=\"http:\/\/dig.csail.mit.edu\/breadcrumbs\/node\/166\">continue\r\n\t\tthe development of HTML<\/a> around the web lately. Blog posts, and messages\r\n\t\tthat have been sent to mailing lists or posted on forums, revealed many questions\r\n\t\tand misconceptions about the future of HTML (including HTML 5 and XHTML 2),\r\n\t\tthe WHATWG and the W3C\u2019s new HTML Working Group.<\/p>\r\n<p>Some people <a href=\"http:\/\/www.456bereastreet.com\/archive\/200610\/new_w3c_working_group_to_improve_html\/\">asked\r\n\t\tfor new features<\/a>; others were wondering if formerly deprecated elements\r\n\t\twould return; some had comments and <a href=\"http:\/\/cafe.elharo.com\/xml\/why-tim-berners-lee-is-wrong\/\">criticisms\r\n\t\tabout the decision itself<\/a>, the WHATWG or W3C process; and a few raised\r\n\t\tconcerns about the WHATWG and W3C <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fawny.org\/2006\/10\/28\/tbl-html\/\">ignoring\r\n\t\tthe needs of particular groups<\/a>. The WHATWG, who are in\r\n\t\tthe process of developing the next version of HTML (called HTML 5), feel\r\n\t\tthat it\u2019s important to not only listen to all of this feedback, but to <em>actively\r\n\tseek it out and respond<\/em> so that we can develop a language\r\n\tthat meets <em>your<\/em> needs.<\/p>\r\n<p>There are many ways in which you can participate. The most direct approach\r\n\tis to make your voice heard by subscribing to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatwg.org\/mailing-list\">the\r\n\tmailing list<\/a>. However,\r\n\tnot everyone has the time to participate, or keep up with the high volume\r\n\tof messages sent to that list. Some people feel that the current drafts\r\n\tof HTML\r\n\t5  (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatwg.org\/specs\/web-apps\/current-work\/\">Web Applications<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatwg.org\/specs\/web-forms\/current-work\/\">Web\r\n\tForms<\/a>) are rather daunting.\r\n\tOthers feel that because they can\u2019t afford the substantial W3C membership\r\n\tfees, they wouldn\u2019t be listened to anyway.<\/p>\r\n<p>If, for any reason, you feel that you either cannot participate, or would\r\n\tbe uncomfortable in doing so, that certainly doesn\u2019t mean you shouldn\u2019t be\r\n\theard. The WHATWG needs to hear from you and wants to know what you think about\r\n\tHTML.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Are there any limitations with HTML that you would like to see fixed?<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Do you have any ideas for new features?<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Is there anything you can do now in HTML, but would like to see improved?<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Do you have any concerns about the development process?<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Do you have any feedback about the new features in the current drafts?<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Do you have any questions about HTML 5?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Any questions, comments, criticisms, complaints or feature requests are welcome.\r\n\tNow is the time to speak up. No comment is too dumb; no question is too hard\r\n\tor too simple; no criticism is too harsh. If you have anything at all to say,\r\n\twe are listening.<\/p>\r\n<p>Please leave a comment or post a link to an article that you have written.\r\n\tYou will be heard and we will try to respond.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WHATWG are seeking feedback from the wider community about the future of HTML. 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