May
4
2010
Episode 67: HTML5 is Alive
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HTML5 is the new cool specification on the block. Wondering what all the buzz is about? Tune in and find out.
News and Follow-ups – 00:42
- Flash/HTML5 Adobe vs Apple
Geek Tool – 02:45
Webapps – 04:17
- Checkin Mania – See on a map where everyone is checking in
- FakePosters – create fake motivational posters
Topic – 08:26
- HTML5
- What is it?
- The next iteration of the HTML markup language, started in 2004
- Spec - http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html
- The doctype is super simple
- <!DOCTYPE html>
- Markup
- Forms
- Dates and times
- URL
- Search
- PUT and DELETE methods
- Placeholder text
- Forms
- Links and area have a new attribute called ping
- Tabindex for every element
- Geolocation
- Markup removed
- center
- font
- big
- frame
- frameset
- noframes
- Apart from the markup there are new scripting APIs
- Canvas element – 2D drawing (Demo)
- Timed media playback
- Offline storage database
- Drag and drop
- Sites using HTML5 now
- Youtube
- National Geographic
- Many sites targeting the ipad
- Browsers supporting HTML5
- Not all features are supported
- Safari 3.1
- Chrome (webkit)
- Firefox 3.6
- IE 9 (is set to support it)
- Opera
- How can I tell if my browser supports it?
- Javascript used to detect html features available – Modernizr
- Where do I go from here?
