Just received my “HTML5 for web designers” handbook – the first in series from A Book Apart by the makers of the famous A List Apart webzine. For a designer like myself, it’s a nice and slim (85 pages) introduction to HTML5 and its possibilities. It covers topics from the history of markup to the usage of rich media elements like canvas, audio and video. It also explains the semantics part and gives an insight of how to use the new elements today.
You can get the book from A Book Apart website.
This framework looks promising. A word from the authors’ website: “The First HTML5 Mobile App Framework Sencha Touch allows you to develop web apps that look and feel native on Apple iOS and Google Android touchscreen devices.”
Adobe® BrowserLab is a useful tool if you need to test (and you do) your pretty html on different platforms and browsers. The service allows comparing previews side-by-side or overlap them to spot the differences. Check out the video to see BrowserLab in action:
HTML5 is getting more and more attention. Here are some visuals and examples of how it’s supported and what it can do.
Nice visual of browser support and explanation of its elements.
Flickr Photo Download: HTML5 (Infographic).
Interactive chart of browser readiness:
Apples demonstration of HTML5 possibilities (sadly only works with the latest Safari)
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