Thoughts on web development and technologies by Peter Gasston
More findings from IE8: XHTML and @import
Had the chance to run a few more tests to find out what’s new (and what’s not) in IE8. Good: @import media types seem to be implemented; Bad: XHTML still isn’t parsed, so everyone who thinks they are coding XHTML are still kidding themselves.
hr height > 100px; a new IE bug?
Is it possible that I’ve found a new IE bug, after all these years? And, worse still, a bug that wasn’t fixed in IE7? I’ve just spent half an hour looking for a solution, and I can’t find a single mention; surely someone has come across this before me?
It involves horizontal rules and the way they […]
IE8 opt-in: no problem after all?
After two days of commotion regarding the Internet Explorer team’s decision to include a standards opt-in in the next version of their browser, Mozilla’s John Resig has noticed something rather important in an exchange on IE’s Chris Wilson’s blog; namely:
Internet Explorer 8 will support DOCTYPE switching for new DOCTYPEs (like HTML5).
You can start using HTML 5 right now!
There’s an interesting post on warpspire.com at the moment, decrying the speed of implementation for HTML 5 and CSS 3 and suggesting Flash/AIR as a better alternative. I completely disagree with it, but it’s interesting nonetheless. HTML 5 in particular comes in for heavy criticism as it’s preceived that its adoption will take too long.
But, as […]
HTML 5 and reserved class names
I’ve been doing a bit of thinking recently.
I’ve been thinking about HTML 5 and the new semantic sectioning elements it proposes to introduce: header, footer, section, article, nav and aside.
I’ve also been thinking about the way microformats use data format standards and reserved class and id values to organise content.
Then thinking about this 2005 research into reused class […]
Infuriating HTML quiz
How many HTML elements can you name in five minutes? Sounds like it should be easy, but after the initial burst your mind suddenly goes blank. I only got a rather shameful 45…
Aside
Not only did I correctly predict Firefox 3.1, but one of my visions was that they implement the remaining CSS 3 selectors - which has just been announced. My uncanny powers are beginning to scare me.
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