Among Web developers, anticipation is mounting for HTML 5, the overhaul of the Web markup language currently under way at the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C). For many, the revamping is long overdue.

Earlier today I ran across an interview with Ian Hickson, former Opera developer, now at Google, about the future of X/HTML 5.0. Hickson is the editor the X/HTML 5 spec which is not to be confused ...