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Advanced and Comprehensive HTML5 Resources

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:52:19 +0000

HTML5 is one of the most talked about topics right now among the design community. HTML5 supports many new features such as : cleaner markup, new semantic elements such as

WTF is HTML5 and Why Should we Care?

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:09:36 +0000

Everyone has heard of HTML (HyperText Markup Language), its a relatively easy to learn language that allows for the quick creation of web sites. That description is clear, to the point and no one will ever dispute it.

But then, along comes HTML5 to rock the boat a little bit and that description is both vague and very far from the point. So, what is HTML5? HTML5 is HTMLs latest major revision, with a lot of added features and exciting attributes.

To most, understanding all of these new features may be a little bit overwhelming and at first glance may seem a little bit unnecessary, but when you dig deeper into it a new and exciting world will open up to you, not just as developers and designers but for users as well.

Recently, focus.com published an infographic that has been designed for the uninitiated to get a better understanding of HTML5 ...

Validating HTML5 in the browser

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:23:28 +0000

I like to be alerted of any validation errors that sneak into my markup as soon as possible. That’s why I find the HTML Validator Extension for Firefox very hard to live (well, work) without.

Unfortunately, it does not support HTML5. I’ve been looking hard for an alternative that does and has the same features as the HTML Validator Extension, i.e. runs locally in the browser without sending anything to a remote server and validates every page you load automatically.

No luck...

HTML5 Globals and You

Mon, 31 May 2010 17:30:48 +0000

Much has been written on the big ticket changes in HTML5, like forms, semantics, and media, but information on the less splashy changes is sparse. While global attributes aren’t the most sexy change of HTML5, they are the change that you will be using over and over and over as you migrate to the new specification.

Introduction: What is a Global Attribute?

While the term attribute relating to HTML might be a bit fuzzy to you, you certainly use them with almost every element that you write. HTML attributes give elements meaning. They also give context. They are both the adjective and verb for an element, if you think of the element as the noun.