HTML 5
Posts related to the W3C HTML Working Group and the HTML 5 specification that is currently being worked on.
The evolution and future of HTML
Sam Ruby, co-chair of the W3C HTML Working Group, has put together a number of select quotes to illustrate the evolution of HTML, from the beginning to where it is now.
Can the alt attribute be omitted without hurting accessibility?
In the current editor’s draft of the HTML 5 specification, the alt attribute for images is no longer required. I am not convinced that this is a good idea.
The HTML 5 circus: Why I left and rejoined the W3C HTML Working Group
I left the W3C HTML Working Group in July 2007 and rejoined it in August. Here is why.
HTML 5 and accessibility
The HTML Working Group is required to cooperate with the Web Accessibility Initiative to ensure that HTML 5 enables accessibility.
Another look at HTML 5
Further thoughts on the HTML Working Group and HTML 5, plus a few suggestions.
Is HTML 5 a slippery slope?
Tommy Olsson comments on the possibility of backwards compatibility and standardised error handling being bad for overall code quality.
Help keep accessibility and semantics in HTML
If you think accessibility and semantics are important and should be improved in the next version of HTML, you need to act.
Browsers will treat all versions of HTML as HTML 5
Browsers claiming to support HTML 5 are required to treat all text/html content according to the HTML 5 specification.
Joining the W3C HTML Working Group
The new W3C HTML Working Group really is open to the community of Web professionals. Consider joining. I did.
