Thanks to the WebKit team for showing me the error of my ways. I only wish I had known sooner that XHTML sent as text/html is interpreted as HTML. http://webkit.org/blog/?p=68
Given most people’s reaction, and the sheer number of XHTML sites out there being sent incorrectly as text/html, I’d have to wager that I’m not the only misguided individual.
It’s going to take a while to convert my existing pages from XHTML to HTML 4 Transitional.