rockable press decoding html5 (2012)

[...]... passionate activists 28 The State of HTML5 The State of HTML5 In the last several years, the popularity of HTML5 has skyrocketed You’ve undoubtedly seen HTML5 used in the titles of countless, “traffic seeking” web development tutorials (even mine) around the web It’s quite possible that your clients and non-developer friends are also throwing around the terms HTML5 and CSS3, as if they have the slightest... various helpful tools, such as HTML5 Boilerplate, CSS3 Please, and HTML5 and CSS3 Readiness The latter of the bunch offers an excellent way to review just how far browsers have come in the last four years 30 The State of HTML5 2008 Statistics (above); (below) 2009 Statistics (below) 31 The State of HTML5 2010 Statistics (above); (below) 2011 Statistics (below) 32 The State of HTML5 Needless to say, 2010... increase their “cool factor.” Well the term HTML5 is sort of like that! As long as you don’t walk around saying “HTML5s,” you should be good! What’s the Scuttlebutt? When we uses phrases, like “The State of HTML5, ” what we really mean is: which new features can we reliably use without destroying our web applications in older browsers that don’t adequately support HTML5? Alternatively, which features, generally... as the HTML5 parser Don’t underestimate how significant an achievement this was Today, all modern browsers parse HTML according to the guidelines of this specification Though perhaps not as sexy as, say, canvas, the HTML5 parser is a massive achievement A Line in the Sand As you might expect, an imaginary line was drawn in the sand You were either for XHTML2, or (what would eventually become) HTML5. .. partial support with a faded orange, and no support in light gray 15 Introduction 17 The History of HTML5 The History of HTML5 This is that chapter you typically skip over It’s the one where I don’t detail an ounce of code, but instead describe the important events that lead to what you now recognize as HTML5 Some of us find this stuff interesting, but, certainly, a history lesson may not be what you... Nonetheless, as part of the newly formed HTMLWG, they renamed Web Apps 1.0 to HTML5 “  Apple, Mozilla, and Opera allowed the W3C to publish the specification under the W3C copyright, while keeping a version with the less restrictive license on the WHATWG site.   — WHATWG.org ” Today These days, the WHATWG and W3C collaborate with one another on HTML5 It’s a bit of an odd relationship, but somehow manages to function,... 2.0 was not the future, they indicated that they wished to work with the WHATWG on development of what would eventually become HTML5 They chartered the HTMLWG for this purpose If that still sounds confusing, don’t worry Continue reading for the full story 18 The History of HTML5 HTML vs XHTML Right around the period that HTML advanced to version 4.01 (around 1998), the ground began to shift a bit Developers... how they can improve their websites A sibling of mine — also a developer — recently told me that his boss condescendingly instructed him to “abandon JavaScript and embrace HTML5 … Yes, these people do exist For better or worse, HTML5 is officially a buzz word Remember, in 2009, when the rest of the world discovered Twitter  — long after the tech community (thanks, Oprah) embraced it? Suddenly, every... To offer a comparison, we gladly used CSS 2.1 for years and years before the specification was upgraded to “recommended” status in 2009 The same is true for HTML5 Besides, as we all know, the world will end before 2013 hits So, if you don’t use HTML5 this year, you never will! Before We Begin The surge in jQuery usage in the last several years has been so dramatic to the point that many newer designers... that they were interested in collaborating with the WHATWG on (what would be) HTML5 They chartered yet another group for this purpose: HTMLWG, or the Hypertext Markup Language Working Group They intended to use the work of the WHATWG as a basis for continued development of HTML Weird, huh? Now we have two 26 The History of HTML5 different groups: the W3C HTMLWG and the WHATWG Techni­ cally, the W3C .