Xhtml

I was wondering how many people use XHTML. I found out about it last month. I think it looks a lot cleaner then HTML.

I've been using XHTML for quite a while. I wouldn't say I use it as consistently as I would like as it is pretty useless when you maintain thousands of html files with no trace of XHTML anywhere.
I try to create all new documents this way though.

In the past, we've done most of our work NOT using XHTML... but I've since started making a conscious effort to do so... And the code looks a lot cleaner this way as well.

Supposedly faster too! Just keep reaping the benefits!

After seeing the link to csszengarden.com in here a couple of weeks ago, I decided to give XHTML a shot. As a result, an application I'm working on now is going to be done in XHTML. I'm porting the key parts of an enterprise application over for Web access, and part of what I wanted to do wast to mimic almost to the pixel the appearance of the app. Using XHTML and stylesheets, I've been able to do this with minimal table usage (my app looks like a Windows app). I wrote a Form class that lets me build forms with subgroups of fields and validation and their own styles. The class to generate the XHTML is pretty concise and clean, and the application pages themselves are clean as a whistle. What's even better is that now, if I want to move something around or add fields or change themes based on who's logged in, I just have to screw with the CSS a little and I'm done. This standard and the utilities I'm working on to accommodate it for my purposes are going to make development of the app wicked fast when I'm ready to really dig in and build all the modules.

i think the move to XHTML 1.0 Transitional wasn't so bad... It's the move to Strict (and later 1.1!) that i'm having trouble with...

Over 3 years of practice with tables is hard to shake! Well, i used to be a frames kid... took me long enough to switch to tables. =)

One thing I will say about division layers is the better organization of logic and simple things like Tab (key) setting... my mouse has a problem of not functioning every now and then... and i must say, browsing websites with solely the keyboard (tab-ing around anchor links) isn't as fun as one may imagine...

My point being that since my experience with being a semi-functional user (mouse-less) i've come to appreciate the logic that layers can offer... and one of the days i can definately see myself making the switch...

I use it xhtml strict for all my web design work. And have been for a number of years. At least... for front end design. Once you get into dynamic server side code generation and depending on what tools/languages you are using, it gets a little more complicated to ride the standards compliant wave as many tools don't generate valid xhtml yet.

I havn't made the switch yet mainly becuase when I do my sites I use alot of echo statements to put in HTML and from what I looked at on teh W3C site of the specs is that it is not possible to that in alot of the cases I have.

However I do plan on making the switch soon

In regard to your statement, I just wanted to add that I tend to use very minimal echo statements when outputting html.

If you must, you should note that you can output xhtml easily by using escaping properly.