From 988b3e756c0f585a55536ba083b6322ac0a0ff52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: smcv Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 17:00:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] alternative plan --- doc/todo/generate_HTML5_by_default.mdwn | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/todo/generate_HTML5_by_default.mdwn b/doc/todo/generate_HTML5_by_default.mdwn index 3adce8c90..59726bf04 100644 --- a/doc/todo/generate_HTML5_by_default.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/generate_HTML5_by_default.mdwn @@ -31,3 +31,12 @@ Options include: Thoughts? --[[smcv]] + +> Another possibility would be to change the doctype to `` +> unconditionally, stop trying to limit ourselves to XHTML 1.0 Strict +> (use HTML5 features that degrade gracefully, like +> [[ARIA roles|todo/add aria landmarks to make ikiwiki websites more accessible]]), +> but avoid using the new elements like `
` that require specific +> browser support unless `html5` is set to 1. That would get rid of the +> backwards-compatibility concerns while keeping the ability to use +> post-2000 markup. --[[smcv]] -- 2.39.2