Because newer versions have had to maintain backward compatibility, with passing time, HTML has continued to become bigger. On 5 August 2002, the first working draft of XHTML 2.0 was released and revolutionarized the concept by stating that backward compatibility had been dropped. So, what do you as a developer get in return? How about robust forms and events, a better way to look at frames and even hierarchical menus that don't require massive amounts of JavaScript. This article takes a sneak peek at what's new in XHTML 2.0 and how you might put it to use.