K e n n e t h T u c k e r . C O M - HTML

HTML5 New Tags

ken@kennethtucker.com (Kenneth Tucker) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:51:14 -0700

<article> tag defines an article
<aside> tag defines content aside from the page content
<audio> tag defines sound content
<canvas> tag defines graphics
<command> tag defines a command button
<datalist> tag defines a dropdown list
<details> tag defines details of an element
<dialog> tag defines a dialog (conversation)
<embed> tag defines external interactive content or plugin
<figure> tag defines a group of media content, and their caption
<footer> tag defines a footer for a section or page
<header> tag defines a header for a section or page
<hgroup> tag defines information about a section in a document
<keygen> tag defines a generated key in a form
<mark> tag defines marked text
<meter> tag defines measurement within a predefined range
<nav> tag defines navigation links
<output> tag defines some types of output
<progress> tag defines progress of a task of any kind
<rp> tag is used in ruby annotations to define what to show browsers that do not support the ruby element.
<rt> tag defines explanation to ruby annotations.
<ruby> tag defines ruby annotations.
<section> tag defines a section
<source> tag defines media resources
<time> tag defines a date/time
<video> tag defines a video

Rich Internet Applications (RIAs)

ken@kennethtucker.com (Kenneth Tucker) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:01:00 -0700

HTML 5 is incorporating all sorts of RIA functionality, including database connectivity, and putting the formal W3C stamp on AJAX.

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Optimizing Page Load Time

ken@kennethtucker.com (Kenneth Tucker) — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:23:35 -0700

Many sites reference dozens of external objects, the majority of the page load time is spent in separate HTTP requests for images, javascript, and stylesheets. AJAX probably could help, but speeding up or eliminating these separate HTTP requests might help more, yet there isn't a common body of knowledge about how to do so...

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The future of HTML

ken@kennethtucker.com (Kenneth Tucker) — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:03:07 -0700

In this two-part series, Edd Dumbill examines the various ways forward for HTML that Web authors, browser developers, and standards bodies propose. This series covers the incremental approach embodied by the WHATWG specifications and the radical cleanup of XHTML proposed by the W3C. Additionally, the author gives an overview of the W3C's new Rich Client Activity.

part 1

part 2