removing outdated xhtml information (#3802)

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@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ and to use.
geolocation, and offline applications.
Many other features have been added, as well. A good guide to new features
in HTML5 is Mark Pilgrim's soon-to-be-published book, `Dive Into HTML5`_.
in HTML5 is Mark Pilgrim's book, `Dive Into HTML5`_.
Not all of them are supported in browsers yet, however, so use caution.
.. _Dive Into HTML5: https://diveintohtml5.info/
@ -195,8 +195,7 @@ Currently, the answer is HTML5. There are very few reasons to use XHTML
considering the latest developments in Web browsers. To summarize the
reasons given above:
- Internet Explorer (which, sadly, currently leads in market share)
has poor support for XHTML.
- Internet Explorer has poor support for XHTML.
- Many JavaScript libraries also do not support XHTML, due to the more
complicated namespacing API it requires.
- HTML5 adds several new features, including semantic tags and the