HTML 5 will allow web designers to create rich internet applications without needing to utilise third party applications such as Flash and Silverlight, as has been the case up until now.
One of HTML 5’s goals is to move the Web away from proprietary technologies such as Flash, Silverlight, and JavaFX, says Ian Hickson, co-editor of [...]
HTML 5, rich internet applications, and the demise of Flash?
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 18 June, 2009 to the technology subset
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HTML 5: making NSFW content… safer for work
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 10 June, 2009 to the technology subset
Browsers may be able to hide content that is deemed “Not Safe for Work” (NSFW) if a proposal to include a NSFW tag is incorporated into the HTML 5 specification.
One of the most common descriptive notes people have to write using text when they post links or images to blogs, comments or anywhere in HTML [...]
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Browsers can turn web standards into works of fiction
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 29 May, 2009 to the technology subset
Ian Hickson, editor of the HTML 5 specification, warns that browser manufacturers could yet render it a work of fiction should they offer insufficient support for the new spec.
The reality is that the browser vendors have the ultimate veto on everything in the spec, since if they don’t implement it, the spec is nothing but [...]
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HTML 5 websites are the new tableless website
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 4 May, 2009 to the technology subset
A small gallery of websites (and there probably aren’t too many examples about right now) marked up with HTML 5.
View source for a good time!
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Browser compatibility tables for HTML 5 and beyond
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 19 February, 2009 to the technology subset
When can I use…: which of the contemporary browsers will support emerging web technologies such as HTML 5, CSS 3, and even SVG?
A handy resource for web professionals.
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HTML 5: 12 information and learning resources
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 15 January, 2009 to the comment subset
Cameron Moll has put together a great list of HTML 5 guides, articles, and cheatsheets.
I’m pondering the question though. I use use XHTML to markup disassociated.com, and have for years. Should I “switch” to HTML 5? Maybe I’ll just think of another project where I can apply the new specification though.
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HTML 5 will be web development’s flavour of 2009
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 9 January, 2009 to the technology subset
John Allsopp discusses the restricted semantic capability of HTML and how the recent HTML 5 specification, and some of the new elements it introduces, will address these limitations.
I’m going to make a bold prediction. Long after you and I are gone, HTML will still be around. Not just in billions of archived pages from our [...]
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Apple’s Safari gets richer with HTML5 features
Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 9 February, 2008 to the technology subset
Apple’s Safari gets richer with HTML5 features
Eager beaver web developers may be able to start to tinkering around with HTML 5 upon the release of the Safari 3.1 beta browser, which is said to include support for some of the new specification’s features.
As far as I know Safari is the first major browser to release [...]
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Links for 8 December 2007
Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 8 December, 2007 to the comment subset
A Preview of HTML 5, by Lachlan Hunt. After a mere ten years between drinks, the W3C is gearing up to release version 5 of HTML.
To give authors more flexibility and interoperability, and enable more interactive and exciting websites and applications, HTML 5 introduces and enhances a wide range of features including form controls, [...]
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