BurningbirdAs many people are discovering, Twitter has been compromised, and badly. It would seem, from what I can piece together from the web sites discussing the problem, the new Twitter interface doesn’t bother to do a little thing called escaping the input so that JavaScript can’t be inserted into Twitter messages. Messages have then been posted […]
The IE Blog recently posted a guide to the W3C process of taking HTML5 to Last Call (LC). The writing included a call to those not currently involved in the W3C HTML Working Group (WG) to review the HTML5 specification and file bugs and LC comments. The HTML WG has good representation from the browser companies, […]
The most important point to remember during the review is to make sure you’re reviewing the correct document. You’ll want to review the W3C version of the HTML5 specification. Though the WhatWG group maintains a document that is frequently referred to as HTML5, it isn’t comparable to the W3C version of the document, as it does differ from […]
If you’ve seen the HTML4 specification and are expecting something similar, you’re in for a surprise and not necessarily a pleasant one. The HTML5 document differs significantly. The HTML5 document not only includes the markup syntax you would expect but it also includes the Document Object Model (DOM) for the HTML elements, as well as […]
Well, this is a kicker. Since I encouraged a person to file a bug on HTML5, when the editor refused to make the fix, I pushed to have the item made into an issue. It wouldn’t be fair for me to do so and not provide a change proposal. However, I was informed that I needed […]