[whatwg] Default encoding to UTF-8?

Fri Dec 2 07:50:31 PST 2011

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Brett Zamir <brettz9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> How about a "Compatibility Mode" for the older non-UTF-8 character set
> approach, specific to page?

That compatibility mode already exists: It's the default mode--just
like the quirks mode is the default for pages that don't have a
doctype. You opt out of the quirks mode by saying <!DOCTYPE html>. You
opt out of the encoding compatibility mode by saying <meta
charset=utf-8>.

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Henri Sivonen
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