# Which is better XHTML or HTML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-better-xhtml-or-html/332693>\
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**Created:** [October 2, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-better-xhtml-or-html/332693 "2014-10-02T17:15:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![rachelysis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@rachelysis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rachelysis)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-better-xhtml-or-html/332693/1 "2014-10-02T17:15:53Z")

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Which of the two is more user friendly?

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**Author:** ![outsourcingbee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@outsourcingbee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/outsourcingbee)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-better-xhtml-or-html/332693/2 "2014-10-19T13:27:50Z")

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[QUOTE=rachelysis;2662877]Which of the two is more user friendly?[/QUOTE]  
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia]XHTML, but only because it asks a bit more as far as having closing tags and whatnot. Other than that, it’s a toss-up.[/FONT][/COLOR]

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**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-better-xhtml-or-html/332693/3 "2014-10-20T12:27:56Z")

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[QUOTE=outsourcingbee;2663004][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Georgia]XHTML, but only because it asks a bit more as far as having closing tags and whatnot. Other than that, it’s a toss-up.[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]

That seems to go against the user friendly-ness of it compared to good ole, forgiving HTML

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**Author:** ![balitour](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/balitour/32/7083_2.png) [@balitour](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/balitour)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-better-xhtml-or-html/332693/4 "2014-10-21T04:29:02Z")

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For me HTML is good

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**Author:** ![bijutoha](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bijutoha/32/7121_2.png) [@bijutoha](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bijutoha)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-better-xhtml-or-html/332693/5 "2014-12-04T09:16:07Z")

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I’m new…and going to start HTML. Your question really took me into the great hole!, I think someone after my concern will clean about them. Thanks for the question.

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-better-xhtml-or-html/332693/6 "2014-12-05T00:36:45Z")

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Thank you for the answer 😛

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**Author:** ![daviddakarai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@daviddakarai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daviddakarai)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-better-xhtml-or-html/332693/8 "2014-12-12T18:30:23Z")

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XHTML is a cleaner version of HTML. HTML is actually outdated. With XHTML follows a slew of improved syntactical rules, such as self-closing brackets.

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**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-better-xhtml-or-html/332693/10 "2014-12-16T23:09:03Z")

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I’m closing this thread since it seems to be a spam magnet.

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**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-better-xhtml-or-html/332693/11 "2014-12-16T23:09:18Z")

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