Html 5 Specification
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Will 2008 prove the year the Web grew up?
Insight perspective After the turbulence of the browser wars and the dotcom crash, the emergence this year of open development standards hints at a new-found maturity, argues Opera exec.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Web sites, Web 2.0, Web Browser, Document Object Model, W3C, CSS, HTML 4, HTML 5 Specification, JavaScript
Openness unlocking Web's power
Insight perspective Accessibility and open standards have helped build the Web and remain central to its development, says Opera executive.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Standards, Open source, Apple Inc., Patent, Web Browser, Video, Standards
Second Firefox 3.1 beta due 'very shortly'
News One big change in the 3.1b2 is the addition of Web workers that lets the browser process tasks in the background, thus enabling multicore computers a better way to use their processors' abilities.
Tags: Web browsers, Domain names, Web sites, Apple Inc., Multi-core, Web Browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., Beta, Mozilla Firefox
Google to preach Web 2.0 gospel to developers
News At Google's I/O event, the search giant will tout its push for better Internet apps, and for browsers better at running them.
Tags: Search, Web 2.0, Software engineering/development, Google Gears, Google Inc., Android, Developer, software, Web 2.0, revenue
Five HTML oddities that you may not know
Techguide Browsers are more compliant than Web developers think--find out why, as well as what other nuggets of insights from an industry observer's experience with HTML 5.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Protocols and platforms, Specification, Web Browser, HTML 4, XHTML, DOCTYPE, compliance, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Will HTML5 bring about better markup authoring?
Techguide HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses the pain points he expects HTML 5 will address and the features that might be most contentious.
Tags: Web browsers, Feature, Specification, Web Browser, Google Inc., Author, Browser Company, W3C, Web Application, HTML5
