>Mike,
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>>Hopefully, XHTML will do this by being rather strict, and weed out a bazilion crappy websites in the process.
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>The problem with forcing a conversion to XHTML (comply or don't be shown) is that very few people are going to use a browser that automatically eliminates 98% of the world's websites. Maybe you and a handful of other principled developers will do it, but you'll probably have to keep reverting back to "compatibility mode" when you need some info from a non-compliant site.
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>I just don't see how the conversion will happen anytime soon, if ever. Sure, programmers will love the fact that XHTML helps iron out differences between browsers (that's a big assumption right now), but until some overwhelming incentive appears and the majority of the tool vendors go to it, it's just stuck in limbo.
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>Maybe you can lead the crusade...

In other words, "HTML ain't dead yet!"