Friday August 14, 2009

HTML5

HTML5 is the buzz all of a sudden… Google (especially the upcoming Google Wave...and Google Docs) is pushing it really hard.

HTML5 is largely backwards compatible so long as it’s new features are coded in a way that allows it to degrade well… All the new functionality could be lost if the user’s browser doesn’t understand HTML5, but if you build knowing that, we may be able to use parts of it to provide a better experience for users who are up-to-date.

Firefox 3.5 just came out with robust support for HTML5. Safari 4 came out a while back with decent support for it. Google Chrome I hear has decent support (surprised they don’t have the best support…).

Here’s an interesting article explaining the differences:
CodeProject.com - HTML 5 Intro

And another good article:
SitePoint.com - HTML 5 Preview