profdontknow Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Hi thanks for reading my post.I'm getting comfortable with xHTML/HMTL. Is it necessary to swtich to HTML 5 now?Would love to get answers from experienced "switchers"Cheers,Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkxPunk Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 One thing I have noticed is that since I started using HTML 5 I have not really noticed as many limitations with older browsers as I thought. Why? Well because for the most part, you wont really use many of the new features within HTML 5. With Windows 8 out and Microsoft pushing people to move to it, and with android and iOS using webkit and almost all the other browsers up to date, the average person not able to support HTML 5 are big business. So write all your websites in HTML 5, get used to it cause its here to stay and majority of people are ready. But if you find limitations, its easy to solve them (even within a HTML 5 framework). Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profdontknow Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 DarkxPunk, Ok, so I'll learn HTML 5...does that mean I also need to upgrade my CSS knowledge to CSS 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingolme Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 None of the languages are particularily different than their predecessors, they just have a few more features added to them for convenience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkxPunk Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 You should learn all you can, and Ingolme is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lylez Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I'm just getting started learning html. I want to write strict code (xhtml), but incorporate the new stuff in html5. Seems html5 has the same laxness that html has, compared to xhtml. I guess what I really want is xhtml 5. How do I direct the browser to do this, or is there a way? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingolme Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 XHTML is pretty much going to be left behind. The point of XHTML was to allow building parsers easier but since browsers can parse HTML just fine there's no need for it. You're allowed to serialize HTML 5 as XML in what's known as "XHTML 5". Just put the <?xml ?> declaration before the doctype and use XML syntax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lylez Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_k_amin Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 (edited) Do not worry about compatibilities. There are no escape from HTML5. How ever some engines have solved the problem. For example read the following article about MathJax engine for HTML5 MathML: MathML – The basics of writing mathematics in a web page And also some features are, in fact, compatible; such as GeoLocation Edited February 10, 2013 by m_k_amin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_k_amin Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 (edited) If you want to forget about all HTML5 all aspects, just consider to use HTML5 Canvas. Take a look at following examples: Canvas- Plot Data in Smart X-Y Chart Canvas- Moving Ball and Wall Hit Reflection Canvas- Bow and Arrow Shooting with Sound Canvas- Move Objects by Keyboard (Walk and Jump) Edited July 15, 2013 by m_k_amin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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