Week 9 Reading Notes

I am very excited about some of HTML5's new features, particularly (a) semantic replacements for generic block and inline elements; and (b) the ability to script APIs. (a) will make coding more user-friendly; and (b) will help programmers plug-in more cutting edge APIs more easily.

I am surprised that the HTML5 syntax is no longer based on SGML . . . Might there be problems for browsers to read HTML5, in the light that most browsers were programmed to read older versions of HTML? I wonder whether WHATWG coordinates with browser programmers to make interoperability a living reality, and not just a fancy idea!

There is an HTML5 browser test that seems to show Google Chrome and Firefox leading the way! Yay for Chrome users =) .