Is Yahoo embracing web standards?

Slowly but surely

[encyclo]

I was perusing some Yahoo Search results today in Firefox, and I noticed the position numbers for the results. Quick check of the source code, and what do I see? A smattering of semantic markup, a HTML 4.01 Strict doctype, a bit of CSS and an ordered list for the search results.

This combined with some of the markup used in the latest Yahoo Mail design - CSS positioning, divs instead of tables - some really interesting stuff going on there too. As for the Yahoo Calendar, it is using the "sliding doors" markup from ALA for the tabs. (Some insight from the design company responsible for the redesigns here [littleyellowdifferent.com].)

OK, none of it validates yet, and there is quite a bit of legacy markup in there, but are we starting to see the transformation of the web's worst tag-soup proponent into a supporter of web standards?

[mincklerstraat]

Very good news indeed - I'd expected google to get valid html before this happened - Yahoo has been used as a textbook example a number of times as an old-style markup nightmare. Hopefully, as the word trickles around, clients will get the message that it pays to invest in a well-built, maintainable site, and not go for quick prefab.