Comments on: HTML5

By: Joe Gilbert

Joe Gilbert — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:37:00 +0000

Sounds great, Jeremy. I’ve been working some HTML5 into recent efforts and would love to talk more or show short examples of my initial work with the new elements and attributes. Of particular interest to me are the new event attributes and effective ways to leverage them.

By: Sharon M. Leon

Sharon M. Leon — Fri, 21 May 2010 10:00:04 +0000

Jerm, I’m definitely in for this, and particularly interested in a/v implementation.

By: Jeremy Boggs

Jeremy Boggs — Fri, 21 May 2010 01:38:24 +0000

@Zach: I wasn’t specifically referring to the transition away from XHTML2 and towards HTML5, but we could certainly talk about that. I was referrign to debates among the working group about certain features–the inclusion/exclusion of specific tags, their purposes. But the move from XHTML2 is certainly relevant to this debate.

By: Lincoln Mullen

Lincoln Mullen — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:10:33 +0000

Sign me up.

By: dancohen

dancohen — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:24:53 +0000

Yes, I’d like very much to learn more about HTML5.

By: Zach Whalen

Zach Whalen — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:49:25 +0000

At the risk of bringing back too much yak, I’d be interested in some of the debates as well. I haven’t followed this very much, but are you referring to the move from XHTML 2.0 to HTML 5?

By: mkgold

mkgold — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:21:08 +0000

Definitely interested in this, Jeremy.

By: Boone Gorges

Boone Gorges — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:11:18 +0000

Good idea. I went to a session at WordCamp Boston that focused its discussion of HTML5 around a test case (how the new WP TwentyTen theme could be HTML-ified). It ended up being a much more productive introduction than a more abstract lesson on the new features. Maybe a similar framework could work for this discussion.

By: nowviskie

nowviskie — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:41:49 +0000

+1. That’s a healthy ratio of hack to yak.

By: Wayne Graham

Wayne Graham — Wed, 19 May 2010 13:56:43 +0000

One other really cool thing to add to this list of cool things in HTML5 is the Web Workers (www.whatwg.org/specs/web-workers/current-work/) spec and the WorkerPool API (code.google.com/apis/gears/api_workerpool.html) which allows developers to run javascript in parallel, background processes (or just in the background with a single worker). Lots of potential for graphics (ray tracing in the browser), movement tracking, annealing, and messaging to allow the browser to interact with background processes, but it’s going to take a bit more thought very few programmers have experience in designing code optimized for execution in parallel systems…