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A preview of HTML 5 5 Dec 2007
This month's A List Apart has a great preview of HTML 5. It's well worth a read, but remember: work on this specification began in 2004 and, if current estimates are anything to go by, it won't be complete for another 10-15 years! As such, it's quite possible that the features discussed in ALA's article will undergo some degree of change.
Related: HTML 5: Making <progress>.
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2 comments so far
Anne van Kesteren 5 Dec 2007 01:43 PM
As the WHATWG HTML5 FAQ indicates features will be usable sooner. Just as CSS2 features are useful without CSS2 being finished.
Simon 5 Dec 2007 02:56 PM
Anne: Thanks for clarifying...Doesn't this fragmented feature-by-feature release approach create variability in the level of support offered by different browsers though? Just as a similar fragmented approach has seen varying levels of support for CSS2's pseudo elements and classes, etc. and therefore only low-level adoption amongst mainstream web developers?
(I must confess, I'm not sure what a better approach would be - it goes without saying that waiting until 2022 to start using HTML 5 isn't practical.)