[whatwg] several messages about XML syntax and HTML5

[Sam Ruby]

Ian Hickson wrote:
> 
> But not withstanding the SVG and MathML content, which isn't compatible 
> with IE anyway (being ignored at best, and causing bad markup at worst), 
> there are features that Sam can't use because of his constraints, which he 
> could if he was using just HTML5. (Like document.write(), which is 
> required for things like Google Analytics today, I believe.)

I don't see any documentation that requires XHTML to not support 
display.write, but it certainly is a reality that nobody has done so.

Luckily the DOM is malleable to the extent that I could fill in that gap 
if I want to.   In fact, you can find the logic to get Adsense working 
in XHTML by following the links from here:

   http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/2006/11/10/Thats-Not-Write

But the fact is that I rather like the fact that my website costs are 
funded by IE users.  Most of my friends never see an ad served from my site.

- Sam Ruby