Your Questions #5
We’re back with our first round up of your questions for 2010. In this article we’ll be covering a range of topics including sections and sectioning, the img element, scaling video and a proposal for a field element.
Posts Tagged ‘video’
YouTube and Vimeo support HTML5 Video
Unless you’ve been hiding under an XHTML2 shaped rock for the past week or so you’ll know that both YouTube and Vimeo have announced plans to support the HTML5 video element.
Why designers should care about HTML5
After a while on the fringes of our collective consciousness, HTML5 is finally getting the attention it deserves. The development community (as typified by the SuperFriends) has come together to debate practical elements of the spec, argue over the inclusion of controversial elements, and assess the timeframe over which we can unleash HTML5 in the wild.
Your questions answered #1
One week on since our official launch and we’ve been overwhelmed by your response to the site. It’s great to see a large number of you wanting to get involved with the discussion relating to HTML 5 and asking about what you can and can’t do as well as the pro’s and cons of the specification. In this post we’re going to cover a few of the questions we’ve received that don’t require a full post answer but still need to be addressed.
The video element
The <video> element is brand new in HTML 5 and allows you to, get this, play a movie in your website! The data of this element is supposed to be video but it might also have audio or images associated with it.
Of course, this will only work in a few browsers: Safari 3.1+, Firefox 3.5+, [...]