I'm done with HTML
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I just developed a data driven asp microsite that outputs valid xhtml & css. I can honestly say its the first real site that works across all major (v5+) browsers. I pleases me no end to see the design work well in netscape, mozilla and opera. It degrades nicely too in older browsers.
I'm pretty sure that xhtml is the future. Thing is, a *lot* of the stuff we develop for the web is part x-forms. Eg. rss, xml, and xhtml are x-forms. I'm hoping its more of at 'future compatibility' thing now. Like are we going to invent numerous different types of parsers for the sole purpose of breaking down x-forms to be distributed across different devices/platforms? Like will someone be able to read my microsite and drop everything (gfx) and leave the text 'cos they have a parser for their WAP enabled nokia? I hope so.
How do you parse a flash movie? How do you get to the content? Hmmm.
Don't get me wrong... I have been Flashes biggest fan since someone showed me thevoid.co.uk years ago. And now with ActionScript becoming more OO and FUIComponents it does offer so much more.
I guess its up to you to choose the best tools for the job. I'll use a mixture for now... and hope that there is a need for flash and for the x-forms, but they can live happily ever after - side by side.
Hurrah for the internet! and the W3C!
: )