Jacob Rask

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Useful HTML5 resources

With the growing interest in HTML5, I thought I’d share with you some of the links I’ve had the most use for when developing a HTML5 site, and some recent news in the topic.

The Specification

First,

The WHATWG logo.
of course, the HTML5 Draft Recommendation Specification (hereafter known as the specs). Don’t be afraid if you didn’t understand anything of previous HTML specs, this one is much easier to understand. I prefer the multiple-page version, since the one-page version is very heavy and might hang or lag the browser. Visit

The WHATWG Blog

With writers like Mark Pilgrim and Ian Hickson, the WHATWG blog is useful not only to keep up with the developing specs, but also explaining important concepts such as link relations, a topicality with all the discussions about rev=canonical recently. Visit

html5 Gallery

There are thousands of CSS showcases, but this one has it’s focus on sites coded with HTML5 markup. A great way to keep up with developers experimenting with new technologies. Visit

html5 Gallery screenshot.

When can I use…

Alexis Deveria has compiled a customizable table of which features in HTML5, CSS3, SVG are compatible with which browsers. Quite useful when you learn about something new and cool to see if it will work for at least some of your visitors! Visit

Bruce Lawson

Web Standards Project member and Opera employee Bruce Lawson was one of the first major blogs to not only write about, but also redesign his site with HTML5. Visit

Dave Shea

Dave Shea, the author of the popular mezzoblue weblog, recently decided to switch from XHTML to HTML4. He did this because he believes HTML5 and not XHTML2 is the future. The ensuing discussion in the comments at his blog is well worth a read. Visit

That’s all for now, but please chip in if you have any other resources that might be useful!

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