We can't use swear words in response to news like this <wink> but I bet others here know what I'm saying under my breath. LOL I haven't even gotten CSS basics down! Judy On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Barry Carlson <barrycarlson@clear.net.nz>wrote: > Still cutting your teeth on HTML4 and CSS2? > > Seems like yesterday that HTML4 superceded HTML3, but like everything, > change is inevitable, and HTML5 will soon be with us. When, I'm not sure, > but "soon" is a time related variable! > > The outcome of the introduction of HTML5 will be simpler mark-up, and no > need for pesky niceties such as - > > <style type="text/css"> or <script type="text/javascript"> > > Those two examples will become just <style> and <script>. > > However, many attributes that we attach to mark-up, e.g. > > <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1"> will no longer be valid > when checking a HTML5 document. CSS must be used to achieve similar > results. > > A list of the deprecated attributes can be found at:- > > http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~bristowe/test/html5-attr.html > > Note that the W3C Validator will check documents using <!DOCTYPE html> > against the currently developed HTML5 standard. > > Barry > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- -- WASHINGTON COUNTY PA WEBSITES::: http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~florian/ Coordinator of the Washington County PAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/