The top 10 HTML5 sites dissected

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

HTML5 might be a new and emerging technology – heck, the specification isn’t even completely decided yet – but there are plenty of websites out there that are already taking advantage of HTML5 features, and have been for some time. I converted my personal site to be HTML5 compliant back in December 2009.

There are several HTML5 gallery sites currently knocking about (HTML5 Gallery and 101 Best HTML5 Sites to name just two). Here, I’m going to examine 10 HTML5 websites and briefly describe what new  features they are using. Some of these sites are favourites of mine, others have been included because of the new HTML5 features they take advantage of.

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Adding video to your website with HTML5

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

In the first of his blogs for PC Pro, web developer Ian Devlin reveals how to embed video into your website with HTML5

Probably the biggest and most talked about feature of HTML5 is embedded video. Currently, the only method of adding video content to your website is with a third-party plugin such as Flash, QuickTime or RealPlayer. With the dawn of HTML5 and the video element this will all change, with video support being handled by the web browser, doing away with the need for any third party support.

Several web browsers already offer support for HTML5. Here we’re going to reveal how you can embed plugin-free video into your site and the issues you’ll face.

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