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Learning HTML5: Getting started

08.01.2010 By: ronansprake">ronansprake Under: Technical Comments: 1

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The HTML5 working group doesn’t do PR. This became evident last year in the negative blog posts after Ian Hickson (lead editor) set 2022 as the target date for a final proposed recommendation. Unfortunately, this was misenterpreted as the date HTML5 would be ready for use, which isn’t true at all. Web specifications have a notoriously slow moving approval process, where drafts are proposed and discussed over many years. However, as CSS2.1 has shown, the technology can be used well before final approval is reached.

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Styling HTML5 elements in IE

23.12.2009 By: ronansprake">ronansprake Under: Technical Comments: none

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A quick tip on how to enable HTML5 elements such as <section> and <header> in Internet Explorer. I’m afraid it does require Javascript:

document.createElement("section")

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