will HTML die out?
 

lots of better alternatives with more and more coming out

I hope not...I just bought a book on HTML so I can learn the basic in doing website :(

Not anytime soon.

Stick with HTML 4.01 Transitional (see http://www.w3.org for details) to better ensure such pages are still viewable/usable well into the future.

On an aside, Cobol and Fortran are still around and actively used in many applications ... things, even in computers, often don't change anywhere near as quick as people think they will.

Ron

html is the backbone of the web it would take many many years before its gone

learn something new every day

it will always be around

Well not any time soon.

Well atleast we know a little about Sean416 now :)

I agree.

lol

Paraskass likes penis too

I sure hope not... How will I be able to make up a page without HTML... All the oldschool boys would be freaking out.

The only thing making HTML 'obsolete' is the fact that you don't really need to know HTML anymore to make a website. Object oriented programs will continue to evolve and let amateurs make pretty involved sites. People used to probably put HTML on their resumes, now it would likely be Dreamweaver..

Matt

Man...:(
I'm studying HTML right now ...I want to build my own website...I start from the basic to advance...
What will be the next thing to study ?and the next?

Nobody voted yes so far...

damn, I thought it said I like pens... :(
:D

Agreed. Its the core of the web. I cant see it going anywhere anytime soon. Just adapt with the changes thats all.

I voted for the penis...

Not any time soon..
Takes many many years for such huge standards to die out..

No, if html dies so will a large majority of websites on the net. Not going to happen!!

I put both...

True, however dreamweaver and other wysiwyg editors still generates HTML codes. Just because you dont see the code - doesent mean it isnt there ;)

Dont think that HTML will be going anywhere any time soon

Exactly. No matter how you build you pages you are still turning out HTML. Although it seems that less and less true HTML is making into each page these days - CSS, for example, is taking care of most of the formatting. XML is more about what the information means, not how to display it.

I would put this back to you: What will/can replace it? I can only see HTML being further developed and integrating XML-type features and CSS for a more complete language.

But if/when it is replaced, there's only about 4 billion pages that will have to be re-coded. Unless of course the "new" standard is backwards-compatible!

HTML, as it stands, I don't think will "die" for quite awhile. It might be an obscure reference, but many said Punk, Hard Rock, Metal, et al. would "die" many times over. Instead, they've just changed and evolved (for better or worse).

HTML, in that vein, will (and has) change(d) and evolve(d) into other variants (XHTML, for instance). The big hope was for XML to take over. But some experts have called it a failure.

Personally, I've switched over to hand-coding XHTML transitional and CSS. I haven't even opened GoLive in some 3-4 months. I prefer the markup, cross-browser support, and standards-compliant behaviour that modern-day browsers exhibit when pages are coded with proper, standards-compliant XHTML.

The future of the web is separating style from content. What one person will see on their top-of-the-line home computer system w/the latest and greatest browser - another person will see on their cellphone, PDA, etc. and while both will deliver identical content, the style (appearance) will be altered for the medium it is being delivered on.

Man, I've been studying this shit for too long. That sure was geeky. But, hopefully informative.

at some point in time ... maybe, but in our lifetime, nope.

revmitcz, that was some good shit. keep it up!

html won't die out, it will be complimented more and more

Of course it will. It won't be anytime soon though. It'll be years and years. At least 10 more years in my opinion. I think CSS is going to take over. XHTML is also becoming more popular. Every technology eventually dies.

Thank you. 'Tis nice to see these last 4 months of re-learning web design from the ground up is paying off in design and in forums :winkwink:

You can thank LeslieSharp for approving the purchase of the books that have sped up my re-learning.