FAQ: Revision history

5 February 2011

• curprev 09:2109:21, 5 February 2011‎ Zcorpan talk contribs‎ m 60,792 bytes −1‎ →‎If you do not publish snapshots every now and again, you are Orwellian in your recognition of the role the mistakes of the past play into the present and the future.

31 January 2011

• curprev 21:3721:37, 31 January 2011‎ RobS talk contribs‎ m 60,793 bytes +21‎ Added a link as requested - "If you know of any more ... then add them to the list!"

27 January 2011

• curprev 00:0900:09, 27 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 60,772 bytes +1,680‎ →‎Isn’t the whole point of a specification to establish fixed point of reference so that all parties implementing the standard can ensure they have a common baseline of compatibility?
• curprev 00:0700:07, 27 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 59,092 bytes +137‎ →‎How will anything be deprecated and removed if there are no version numbers?

21 January 2011

• curprev 23:0523:05, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 58,955 bytes +1,236‎ →‎How can web developers know which features are safe to use?
• curprev 22:5122:51, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 57,719 bytes +193‎ →‎What does "Living Standard" mean?
• curprev 22:4922:49, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 57,526 bytes +786‎ →‎How about support in browsers for previous versions of this “living” HTML standard?
• curprev 22:4522:45, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 56,740 bytes +37‎ →‎How are developers to determine when certain parts of their pages will become invalid?
• curprev 22:4422:44, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 56,703 bytes +5‎ →‎Will HTML become an unusable mess as features are removed and old valid documents suddenly become invalid, if there are no version numbers?
• curprev 22:4322:43, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 56,698 bytes +4‎ →‎Will HTML become a bloated unimplementable mess as old features pile up if there are no version numbers?
• curprev 22:4322:43, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 56,694 bytes −25‎ →‎How will anything be deprecated and removed if there are no version numbers?
• curprev 22:4222:42, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 56,719 bytes +168‎ →‎How will anything be deprecated and removed if there are no version numbers?
• curprev 22:4222:42, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 56,551 bytes +1,389‎ →‎How are developers to determine when certain parts of their pages will become invalid?
• curprev 22:3222:32, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 55,162 bytes +55‎ →‎How are developers to determine when certain parts of their pages will become invalid?
• curprev 22:3222:32, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 55,107 bytes +143‎ →‎How are developers to determine when certain parts of their pages will become invalid?
• curprev 22:3122:31, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 54,964 bytes +506‎ →‎How do we know what to use, without having some sort of snapshot that browsers can aim at and developers can evaluate?
• curprev 22:2822:28, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 54,458 bytes +1‎ →‎How do we know what to use, without having some sort of snapshot that browser can aim at and developers can evaluate?
• curprev 22:2622:26, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 54,457 bytes +715‎ No edit summary
• curprev 22:2122:21, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 53,742 bytes +558‎ →‎How can web developers know which features are safe to use?
• curprev 21:2621:26, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 53,184 bytes 0‎ →‎If you do not publish snapshots every now and again, you are Orwellian in your recognition of the role the mistakes of the past play into the present and the future.
• curprev 21:2621:26, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 53,184 bytes −2‎ →‎If you do not publish snapshots every now and again, you are Orwellian in your recognition of the role the mistakes of the past play into the present and the future.
• curprev 21:2621:26, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 53,186 bytes +1‎ →‎How can web developers know which features are safe to use?
• curprev 21:2521:25, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 53,185 bytes −2‎ →‎This means you will only able to add to a spec, not redefine it.
• curprev 21:2521:25, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 53,187 bytes +2‎ →‎This means you will only able to add to a spec, not redefine it.
• curprev 21:2521:25, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 53,185 bytes −2‎ →‎This means you will only able to add to a spec, not redefine it.
• curprev 21:2521:25, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 53,187 bytes +207‎ →‎How about support in browsers for previous versions of this “living” HTML standard?
• curprev 21:2221:22, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 52,980 bytes +812‎ →‎The WHATWG Process
• curprev 21:1821:18, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 52,168 bytes +416‎ No edit summary
• curprev 21:1521:15, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 51,752 bytes +114‎ →‎“Living specification” sounds like a draft that may and will change at any moment and is probably not even complete at any moment of time...
• curprev 21:1221:12, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 51,638 bytes +26‎ →‎“Living specification” sounds like a draft that may and will change at any moment and is probably not even complete at any moment of time...
• curprev 21:1121:11, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 51,612 bytes +621‎ No edit summary
• curprev 20:4820:48, 21 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 50,991 bytes +1,076‎ →‎The WHATWG Process

20 January 2011

• curprev 22:5122:51, 20 January 2011‎ Philipj talk contribs‎ 49,915 bytes +187‎ →‎The WHATWG Process
• curprev 12:1612:16, 20 January 2011‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 49,728 bytes −26‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
• curprev 12:0312:03, 20 January 2011‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 49,754 bytes −24‎ →‎When will we be able to start using these new features?
• curprev 12:0112:01, 20 January 2011‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 49,778 bytes −27‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?: link to /complete/ instead
• curprev 11:3411:34, 20 January 2011‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 49,805 bytes +104‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?: WebVTT is also in WHATWG HTML
• curprev 11:3011:30, 20 January 2011‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 49,701 bytes −24‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?: fix link
• curprev 11:2811:28, 20 January 2011‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 49,725 bytes −127‎ →‎How can I keep track of changes to the spec?: @html5 leaves diffs to @WHATWG now
• curprev 11:2511:25, 20 January 2011‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 49,852 bytes −9‎ →‎What is HTML5?: just HTML and XHTML now
• curprev 07:1307:13, 20 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 49,861 bytes +36‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
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• curprev 06:5006:50, 20 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 50,169 bytes +2,473‎ No edit summary
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6 January 2011

• curprev 06:0206:02, 6 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 46,868 bytes +254‎ →‎How can I keep track of changes to the spec?

5 January 2011

• curprev 06:5006:50, 5 January 2011‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 46,614 bytes −207‎ →‎How can I keep track of changes to the spec?

27 September 2010

• curprev 18:2018:20, 27 September 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 46,821 bytes +253‎ →‎If I’m careful with the syntax I use in my HTML document, can I process it with an XML parser?
• curprev 10:5110:51, 27 September 2010‎ Fenring talk contribs‎ 46,568 bytes −435‎ →‎If I’m careful with the syntax I use in my HTML document, can I process it with an XML parser?: No -> Yes !!

27 August 2010

• curprev 06:4806:48, 27 August 2010‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 47,003 bytes 0‎ →‎When will HTML5 be finished?

25 August 2010

• curprev 00:2600:26, 25 August 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 47,003 bytes 0‎ →‎When will HTML5 be finished?
• curprev 00:2600:26, 25 August 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 47,003 bytes +469‎ No edit summary
• curprev 00:1900:19, 25 August 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 46,534 bytes +485‎ →‎What is HTML5?

8 August 2010

• curprev 18:3518:35, 8 August 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 46,049 bytes +11‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
• curprev 18:2118:21, 8 August 2010‎ Ms2ger talk contribs‎ m 46,038 bytes +171‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?: +WebSRT

9 June 2010

• curprev 02:4902:49, 9 June 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 45,867 bytes +499‎ →‎HTML5 should group <dt>s and <dd>s together in s!

8 May 2010

• curprev 19:2719:27, 8 May 2010‎ JPS talk contribs‎ 45,368 bytes +34‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?: lots of links
• curprev 19:1919:19, 8 May 2010‎ JPS talk contribs‎ 45,334 bytes +210‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?: device

26 April 2010

• curprev 20:1820:18, 26 April 2010‎ TheresaOConnor talk contribs‎ m 45,124 bytes −133‎ Reverted edits by Ilana (talk) to last revision by Hixie
• curprev 18:4518:45, 26 April 2010‎ Ilana talk contribs‎ 45,257 bytes +133‎ No edit summary

4 March 2010

• curprev 12:2212:22, 4 March 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 45,124 bytes −11‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?

12 February 2010

• curprev 08:3008:30, 12 February 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 45,135 bytes −1‎ →‎HTML5 feature proposals
• curprev 08:2908:29, 12 February 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 45,136 bytes 0‎ →‎But they are PRESENTATIONAL!
• curprev 08:2908:29, 12 February 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 45,136 bytes +208‎ →‎The <time> element should allow vague times ("March") and times from ancient history to be marked up

4 February 2010

• curprev 00:2300:23, 4 February 2010‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ m 44,928 bytes +6‎ →‎HTML5 should support href on any element!: Fixed more markup
• curprev 00:2200:22, 4 February 2010‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ m 44,922 bytes +6‎ →‎HTML5 should support href on any element!: Fixed markup

20 January 2010

• curprev 09:4409:44, 20 January 2010‎ Nickretallack talk contribs‎ 44,916 bytes 0‎ →‎Is there a process for removing bad ideas from a specification?

9 January 2010

• curprev 10:4210:42, 9 January 2010‎ Dashiva talk contribs‎ 44,916 bytes −437‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?: Try to improve the table columns some
• curprev 10:2610:26, 9 January 2010‎ Dashiva talk contribs‎ 45,353 bytes +346‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?: Move WA and WHATWG HTML out of the table. Make the author view section a real subsection
• curprev 09:5309:53, 9 January 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 45,007 bytes +27‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
• curprev 09:5009:50, 9 January 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 44,980 bytes +1‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
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• curprev 09:1409:14, 9 January 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 44,364 bytes +118‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
• curprev 09:1309:13, 9 January 2010‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ 44,246 bytes +1‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?: Marked multi-page Next-gen HTML as having different views
• curprev 09:1309:13, 9 January 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 44,245 bytes +20‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
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8 January 2010

• curprev 12:0912:09, 8 January 2010‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ 44,274 bytes +572‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?: Reformatted into a table.
• curprev 09:2109:21, 8 January 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 43,702 bytes +124‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
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6 January 2010

• curprev 03:4603:46, 6 January 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 43,543 bytes +447‎ →‎When will HTML5 be finished?

18 December 2009

• curprev 10:4110:41, 18 December 2009‎ Zcorpan talk contribs‎ 43,096 bytes −1‎ →‎What will the DOCTYPE be?

11 December 2009

• curprev 19:0419:04, 11 December 2009‎ Ms2ger talk contribs‎ m 43,097 bytes +8‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?: Link; -linebreaks
• curprev 18:1218:12, 11 December 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 43,089 bytes +668‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?

24 November 2009

• curprev 02:4702:47, 24 November 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 42,421 bytes +3‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
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• curprev 02:2402:24, 24 November 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 42,396 bytes +683‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
• curprev 02:1502:15, 24 November 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 41,713 bytes +296‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
• curprev 02:1202:12, 24 November 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 41,417 bytes +2,500‎ →‎How can I keep track of changes to the spec?

18 October 2009

• curprev 10:4010:40, 18 October 2009‎ Ms2ger talk contribs‎ m 38,917 bytes +7‎ →‎Is design rationale documented?: Redirects

6 October 2009

• curprev 20:1220:12, 6 October 2009‎ Tantek talk contribs‎ 38,910 bytes +433‎ →‎The <cite> element should allow names of people to be marked up: s/we/some re: "have seen" and "italics", since many other "we"s have seen otherwise. add section noting research and opinions

17 September 2009

• curprev 13:5713:57, 17 September 2009‎ JimJJewett talk contribs‎ 38,477 bytes +63‎ →‎Is design rationale documented?: link to problems with caption etc

14 September 2009

• curprev 19:4819:48, 14 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 38,414 bytes −9‎ move design rationale faq entry up, rename it, and reword it
• curprev 18:3818:38, 14 September 2009‎ JimJJewett talk contribs‎ m 38,423 bytes +4‎ →‎Is there documentation of the reasoning behind various decisions?: Make the dead links potentially live
• curprev 18:3518:35, 14 September 2009‎ JimJJewett talk contribs‎ 38,419 bytes +552‎ Added section on why decisions were made

8 September 2009

• curprev 15:1015:10, 8 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 37,867 bytes +353‎ add web workers since nobody else did it; also make it clear which sections are HTML5 specific; did not put them under the HTML5 section because the toc seems more useful this way
• curprev 15:0115:01, 8 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 37,514 bytes −422‎ merge two questions by removing one and moving the other one

1 September 2009

• curprev 12:2212:22, 1 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 37,936 bytes +16‎ →‎What is HTML5?
• curprev 11:2511:25, 1 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 37,920 bytes −116‎ →‎The WHATWG: simplify and update Web Forms 2.0 info
• curprev 11:2311:23, 1 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 38,036 bytes −610‎ →‎HTML5: Web Forms 2.0 is obsolete and references are in the spec
• curprev 11:2111:21, 1 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 38,646 bytes −38‎ consistency
• curprev 11:1911:19, 1 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 38,684 bytes −1‎ →‎What is HTML5?
• curprev 11:1911:19, 1 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 38,685 bytes −1‎ →‎If there is no DTD, how can I validate my page?
• curprev 11:1611:16, 1 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 38,686 bytes −17‎ HTML 5 -> HTML5

18 August 2009

• curprev 03:3803:38, 18 August 2009‎ Miketaylr talk contribs‎ m 38,703 bytes +3‎ →‎HTML5 should support <code>href</code> on any element!

7 August 2009

• curprev 11:4711:47, 7 August 2009‎ Ms2ger talk contribs‎ m 38,700 bytes +220‎ →‎HTML5: Note references

5 August 2009

• curprev 23:2023:20, 5 August 2009‎ Elharo talk contribs‎ m 38,480 bytes 0‎ →‎If I’m careful with the syntax I use in my HTML document, can I process it with an XML parser?: serialisation --> serialization, as per spelling used in HTML 5 spec
• curprev 23:1923:19, 5 August 2009‎ Elharo talk contribs‎ m 38,480 bytes 0‎ →‎What MIME type does HTML5 use?: serialisation --> serialization, as per spelling used in HTML 5 spec
• curprev 23:1823:18, 5 August 2009‎ Elharo talk contribs‎ m 38,480 bytes 0‎ →‎What is an XML (or XHTML) Serialisation?: serialisation --> serialization, as per spelling used in HTML 5 spec
• curprev 23:1823:18, 5 August 2009‎ Elharo talk contribs‎ m 38,480 bytes 0‎ →‎What is an HTML Serialisation?: serialisation --> serialization, as per spelling used in HTML 5 spec
• curprev 02:0902:09, 5 August 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 38,480 bytes +706‎ →‎Feature proposals

29 July 2009

• curprev 23:5823:58, 29 July 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 37,774 bytes +1,111‎ No edit summary

16 July 2009

• curprev 16:5516:55, 16 July 2009‎ LizCastro talk contribs‎ 36,663 bytes 0‎ No edit summary
• curprev 02:0102:01, 16 July 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 36,663 bytes −38‎ →‎HTML5 should support a way for anyone to invent new elements!

23 May 2009

• curprev 12:0112:01, 23 May 2009‎ Sbp talk contribs‎ m 36,701 bytes 0‎ →‎HTML5 should support a way for anyone to invent new elements!: Updating to conform with the flavour of the month.

10 May 2009

• curprev 23:0723:07, 10 May 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 36,701 bytes +170‎ →‎HTML5 should support a way for anyone to invent new elements!
• curprev 09:0409:04, 10 May 2009‎ Enderandpeter talk contribs‎ 36,531 bytes −14‎ →‎What is the namespace declaration?

26 April 2009

• curprev 10:2910:29, 26 April 2009‎ Zcorpan talk contribs‎ 36,545 bytes +71‎ →‎Will there be support for namespaces in HTML?
• curprev 10:2710:27, 26 April 2009‎ Zcorpan talk contribs‎ 36,474 bytes +42‎ →‎What are best practices to be compatible with HTML DOM and XHTML DOM?

23 February 2009

• curprev 14:2614:26, 23 February 2009‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ 36,432 bytes +1,097‎ →‎How do I specify the character encoding?: Updated based on recent spec change to allow meta charset in XHTML

22 February 2009

• curprev 00:2600:26, 22 February 2009‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ m 35,335 bytes +1‎ →‎Under what conditions should a DOCTYPE be used in XHTML?: Fixed typo
• curprev 00:0200:02, 22 February 2009‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ 35,334 bytes +1,450‎ →‎What will the DOCTYPE be?: Expanded this question and added another about the reasonable conditions for using a DOCTYPE in XHTML

21 February 2009

• curprev 13:5713:57, 21 February 2009‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ 33,884 bytes +457‎ →‎What will the DOCTYPE be?

16 February 2009

• curprev 04:3404:34, 16 February 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 33,427 bytes +79‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?

14 February 2009

• curprev 20:4420:44, 14 February 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 33,348 bytes −163‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?
• curprev 12:4212:42, 14 February 2009‎ Yecril71pl talk contribs‎ 33,511 bytes +413‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?: Add colour to bad and good examples

4 February 2009

• curprev 21:1421:14, 4 February 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 33,098 bytes +13‎ →‎HTML5 should support list headers!
• curprev 21:0621:06, 4 February 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 33,085 bytes +130‎ →‎HTML5 should support list headers!
• curprev 11:2311:23, 4 February 2009‎ Yecril71pl talk contribs‎ 32,955 bytes +214‎ →‎HTML5 should support list headers!: or DL
• curprev 10:5010:50, 4 February 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 32,741 bytes +3‎ →‎HTML5 should support list headers!
• curprev 10:4910:49, 4 February 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 32,738 bytes +427‎ <lh>

26 January 2009

• curprev 11:4911:49, 26 January 2009‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ 32,311 bytes +84‎ →‎What will the DOCTYPE be?: Added note about case sensitivity

16 January 2009

• curprev 20:4420:44, 16 January 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 32,227 bytes +39‎ Nothing in HTML5 requires the XML DOCTYPE to be anything in particular. That's an XML-layer problem.
• curprev 20:4120:41, 16 January 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 32,188 bytes +6‎ A user agent is a piece of software. This section is about people. Also, we need the questions to be clear -- people won't read the note to find out whether the question applies to them.
• curprev 18:4918:49, 16 January 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 32,182 bytes +22‎ →‎How should implementors interact with the WHATWG?: make it UAs
• curprev 18:4518:45, 16 January 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 32,160 bytes −48‎ →‎Should I close empty elements with <code>/></code> or <code>></code>?: be gentle and all and point out MathML
• curprev 18:3818:38, 16 January 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 32,208 bytes −100‎ →‎How should browser developers interact with the WHATWG?
• curprev 18:2718:27, 16 January 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 32,308 bytes +22‎ →‎What is an HTML Serialisation?: be gentle to XML
• curprev 18:2418:24, 16 January 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 32,286 bytes +14‎ →‎What will the DOCTYPE be?: using a DOCTYPE in XHTML is ok
• curprev 18:2118:21, 16 January 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 32,272 bytes +505‎ →‎Will there be support for namespaces in HTML?: we do allow embedding of MathML, but no namespace syntax
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14 January 2009

• curprev 12:0212:02, 14 January 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 31,795 bytes +117‎ →‎HTML5 should support a way for anyone to invent new elements!

21 December 2008

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17 December 2008

• curprev 20:4820:48, 17 December 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 31,676 bytes +460‎ →‎Why are some presentational elements like <b>, <i> and <small> still included?

11 December 2008

• curprev 21:3121:31, 11 December 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 31,216 bytes +67‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?
• curprev 21:3021:30, 11 December 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 31,149 bytes +171‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?

24 November 2008

• curprev 16:2516:25, 24 November 2008‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ 30,978 bytes +2,116‎ →‎Feature proposals: Added question about b, i and small

15 November 2008

• curprev 00:3800:38, 15 November 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 28,862 bytes +380‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?
• curprev 00:3300:33, 15 November 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 28,482 bytes −230‎ fix what look like unintentional edits (if these were intentional please explain them to me on IRC)

14 November 2008

• curprev 12:0812:08, 14 November 2008‎ Yecril71pl talk contribs‎ 28,712 bytes +279‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?: how to top-post

2 November 2008

• curprev 11:5511:55, 2 November 2008‎ Fenring talk contribs‎ 28,433 bytes +434‎ →‎What are best practices to be compatible with HTML DOM and XHTML DOM?: new question

23 October 2008

• curprev 08:2408:24, 23 October 2008‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ m 27,999 bytes +2‎ →‎Why does HTML5 legitimise tag soup?: Typo

9 October 2008

• curprev 06:3606:36, 9 October 2008‎ Joedevon talk contribs‎ m 27,997 bytes +3‎ →‎added the missing "to"

22 September 2008

• curprev 18:4418:44, 22 September 2008‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 27,994 bytes −1‎ →‎How are pre-HTML 5 documents parsed?
• curprev 18:4418:44, 22 September 2008‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 27,995 bytes −4‎ →‎How will pre-HTML 5 documents be parsed?
• curprev 18:4318:43, 22 September 2008‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 27,999 bytes +695‎ →‎Syntax issues: add something about HTML5 parsers and DOCTYPEs

17 September 2008

• curprev 10:5610:56, 17 September 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 27,304 bytes −33‎ →‎HTML5 should group <code><dt></code>s and <code><dd></code>s together in <code><di></code>s!
• curprev 10:5410:54, 17 September 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 27,337 bytes +39‎ →‎HTML5 should group <dt>s and <dd>s together in <di>s!
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16 September 2008

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7 September 2008

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25 August 2008

• curprev 10:4710:47, 25 August 2008‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ m 26,717 bytes +116‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?

24 August 2008

• curprev 08:2008:20, 24 August 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 26,601 bytes −2‎ →‎What is the history of HTML?
• curprev 08:1908:19, 24 August 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 26,603 bytes +298‎ →‎WHATWG and the W3C HTML WG

20 August 2008

• curprev 08:3508:35, 20 August 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 26,305 bytes +16‎ →‎HTML5 should support a way for anyone to invent new elements!

14 August 2008

• curprev 20:4020:40, 14 August 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 26,289 bytes +514‎ No edit summary

5 August 2008

• curprev 16:0616:06, 5 August 2008‎ Zcorpan talk contribs‎ 25,775 bytes −18‎ →‎What is the namespace declaration?

2 August 2008

• curprev 09:4109:41, 2 August 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 25,793 bytes +466‎ No edit summary
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30 July 2008

• curprev 11:5511:55, 30 July 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 23,751 bytes +494‎ →‎Does HTML5 support <code>href</code> on any element like XHTML 2.0?

10 June 2008

• curprev 08:4208:42, 10 June 2008‎ Hendry talk contribs‎ m 23,257 bytes +9‎ typo

9 June 2008

• curprev 21:3921:39, 9 June 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 23,248 bytes +2,363‎ →‎The WHATWG Process

22 April 2008

• curprev 02:2602:26, 22 April 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 20,885 bytes +99‎ →‎When will HTML 5 be finished?
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25 March 2008

• curprev 16:4916:49, 25 March 2008‎ Jeff schiller talk contribs‎ 20,678 bytes +81‎ →‎What is the namespace declaration?
• curprev 16:4816:48, 25 March 2008‎ Jeff schiller talk contribs‎ m 20,597 bytes +39‎ →‎If I’m careful with the syntax I use in my HTML document, can I process it with an XML parser?: wikilink

24 March 2008

• curprev 21:4121:41, 24 March 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 20,558 bytes +1,122‎ No edit summary
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23 February 2008

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• curprev 03:4103:41, 23 February 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 19,327 bytes +954‎ Removing features.

11 January 2008

• curprev 11:3011:30, 11 January 2008‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 18,373 bytes +655‎ add some small things about WHATWG and the W3C HTML WG

11 December 2007

• curprev 05:4805:48, 11 December 2007‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 17,718 bytes +36‎ →‎When will HTML 5 be finished?
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5 December 2007

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30 November 2007

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9 November 2007

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6 November 2007

• curprev 18:1418:14, 6 November 2007‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 15,721 bytes +63‎ No edit summary
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17 October 2007

• curprev 10:2710:27, 17 October 2007‎ Zogulus talk contribs‎ m 15,604 bytes −3‎ Removed redundant 'to'.

16 October 2007

• curprev 10:5510:55, 16 October 2007‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 15,607 bytes +13‎ →‎What is HTML 5?
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• curprev 09:1209:12, 16 October 2007‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 15,614 bytes −1‎ →‎What exactly are you working on?
• curprev 09:1109:11, 16 October 2007‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 15,615 bytes −920‎ more cleanup

15 October 2007

• curprev 13:4513:45, 15 October 2007‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 16,535 bytes −1,159‎ remove questions without answers
• curprev 13:4113:41, 15 October 2007‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 17,694 bytes −65‎ make the FAQ more clear on Web Forms 2.0, etc.
• curprev 13:3413:34, 15 October 2007‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 17,759 bytes +575‎ add something about HTML 5

2 October 2007

• curprev 14:4314:43, 2 October 2007‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 17,184 bytes −1‎ →‎If there is no DTD, how can I validate my page?: point to validator.whatwg.org instead
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4 September 2007

• curprev 10:3910:39, 4 September 2007‎ Utcursch talk contribs‎ m 17,198 bytes −26‎ →‎What are the differences between HTML and XHTML?: wikilink
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• curprev 10:1310:13, 4 September 2007‎ Utcursch talk contribs‎ m 17,262 bytes +68‎ link to HTML vs. XHTML
• curprev 04:0904:09, 4 September 2007‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ m 17,194 bytes −23‎ →‎What is the namespace declaration?
• curprev 04:0904:09, 4 September 2007‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ 17,217 bytes −1‎ →‎What sort of classes and ids are commonly placed on DIV elements?
• curprev 03:5703:57, 4 September 2007‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ m 17,218 bytes −46‎ →‎How do I specify the character encoding?: Fixed markup

3 September 2007

• curprev 19:1819:18, 3 September 2007‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 17,264 bytes −42‎ →‎What will the DOCTYPE be?
• curprev 19:1619:16, 3 September 2007‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 17,306 bytes +79‎ →‎What exactly are you working on?: Web Applications 1.0 -> HTML5
• curprev 19:1419:14, 3 September 2007‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ m 17,227 bytes −4‎ →‎Does HTML5 support <code>href</code> on any element like XHTML 2.0?: Fixed list markup
• curprev 19:1119:11, 3 September 2007‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 17,231 bytes +17,200‎ make the FAQ a wiki project

21 April 2007

• curprev 05:2705:27, 21 April 2007‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 31 bytes +31‎ New page: See: http://blog.whatwg.org/faq