I agree with dereklapp... "transition." I'll be surprised when the day comes when we have a universal language that will never have to be forced to change. Blame that on what you want, different browsers, language integration, or maybe those who set the standards.

In response to m23, i do agree that xhtml might not have anything to do with anything except a few slashes and a doctype. But, mainly, i noticed this trend with web pages and searches that astonishes me. I'll somethimes come across a site that looks like it hasn't been updated in 10 years, and in some cases it hasn't, but it still shows up #1 on google for its keywords or external link status. I sometimes wonder if it's all worth it... trying to satisfy the standards.

In any case, i've been brainwashed to believe that my current markup is the best. So, i'm sticking to it as long as it works... or atleast until it's destroyed by (superx)html-xml-25.0javascript-transitional. Ha!