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Transitioning to HTML5 and CSS3
Patrick Carey, Cengage Learning Author
Languages
XHTML 1.0
W3C Rec.
XHTML 2
Draft
XHTML 2
Halted
HTML 3.2
W3C Rec.
HTML 4.01
W3C Rec.
HTML 4.0
W3C Rec.
XHTML 1.1
W3C Rec.
CSS 2.0
W3C Rec.
HTML 5
working group
IE 4
IE 5
NS 4
NS 4.7
SAF 1
SAF 2
IE 6
NS 6
1997
1998
iTunes
RSS
1999
2000
2001
2002
SAF 4
FF 2
GC 1
GC 3
FF 3
FF 3.5
IE 9
GC 8
GC 10
FF 4
AJAX
podcasting
Facebook
MySpace
youtube
2003
SAF 5
IE 8
NS 7
Innovations
blogging
SAF 3
IE 7
FF 1
Web Commerce
HTML 5
Can. Rec. (2012)
CSS 3.0
Draft
Browsers
Web Conferencing
HTML 5
Draft
2004
2005
iPhone
iPad
twitter
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
HTML5 Differences from HTML4
New structural elements
Web forms
Support for audio and video
Modified existing HTML4 elements and attributes
Removal of outdated HTML4 elements and attributes
New APIs for Web applications
Extensions to the DOM
New HTML4 Structural Elements
Header and footers
o hgroup
o header
o footer
Content elements
o section
o article
o aside
Navigation
o nav
Figures
o figure
o figcaption
HTML4 DIV-itis
<div id="header">
<div id="links">
<div id="mainContent">
<div class="sidebar">
<div id="footer">
<div
id="article">
HTML5 Structural Elements
<header> … </header>
<nav> … </nav>
<section> … </section>
<aside> … </aside>
<footer> … </footer>
<article>
…</article>
Elements Absent in HTML5
Presentational Elements
o basefont, big, center, font, strike, tt, u
Frames
o frame, frameset, noframes
Redundant Elements
o
o
o
o
acronym (use abbr)
applet (use object)
dir (use ul)
isindex (use form controls)
Attributes Absent in HTML5
Presentational Attributes
o align, background, bgcolor, hspace, vspace
Table Attributes
o border, char, cellpadding, cellspacing, nowrap, valign, width
Hypertext Attributes
o alink, link, text
Frame Attributes
o frameborder, scrolling, marginheight, marginwidth
New HTML5 APIs
API for playing audio and video
API to enable offline Web applications
API for creating editable content
Drag & Drop API
Canvas API
Web Messaging API
HTML Enhancements to the DOM
getElementsByClassName()
innerHTML to parse or serialize an HTML or XML document
activeElement to determine which element currently has the
focus
New HTML5 Web Forms
New input types
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
type="tel" (phone numbers)
type="search" (search boxes)
type="url"
type="email"
type="number" (spin boxes)
type="range" (slider)
type="color" (color picker)
type="date" (calendar picker)
placeholder attribute
form attribute to associate fields with forms
Form Validation
Attributes to constrain input:
o
o
o
o
o
autocomplete
min, max, step
multiple
pattern
required
form validation is on by default
(turn off using novalidate attribute)
Audio in HTML5
New audio element for embedded audio
o src, preload, autoplay, loop, and control attributes
o Scriptable
Codecs Natively Supported by Major Browsers
Browser
WAV
Ogg Vorbis
MP3
IE
Firefox
Safari
Chrome
Opera
Video in HTML5
New video element for embedded video
o src, poster, preload, autoplay, loop, control
attributes
o Scriptable
Codecs Natively Supported by Major Browsers
Browser
WebM
Ogg Theora
IE
Firefox
MPEG-4 H.264
Safari
Chrome
Opera
New with CSS3
Expanded selectors
Opacity filters
HSL color model
Rounded and elongated corners
Background image styles
Drop shadows
Media queries
Transitions and Animations
Multi-column layouts
Supporting HTML5 and CSS3
Many features can and should be used today
Employ progressive enhancement to deliver the best user
experience
Make sure that Web pages degrade gracefully
Don't ask for perfect repeatability
Example 1: HTML5 and CSS3
Example 2: Web Forms
Example 3: Audio and Video
Contact Information
Patrick Carey
Carey Associates
8502 Miller Road
Verona, WI 53593
(608) 832-6313
[email protected]