BurningbirdWhen last I posted, I had planned on updating that post with W3C co-chair decisions on my other HTML5 issues. I wasn’t quite expecting to be here, over a month later, still waiting on decisions. Not sure what’s happening with the W3C HTML WG at the moment, other than I think the group is making […]
I did hear back from HTML5 co-chairs on my issues, and one of the decisions, on Issue 93, was just published. No surprises, the decision was to keep the element. I’ll update this post with the status of the other issues as the decisions are published. Issue 93: Change proposal Counter Proposal Straw poll results Decision
Stephen Shankland of CNet published an article, Growing pains afflict HTML5 standardization. He sent me an interview email and quoted a small portion of the response. I believe he quoted me fairly. However, I wanted to publish the entire interview, so you can see the material not included. —begin interview— > –What are Hickson’s shortcomings? The […]
Sam Ruby’s take on the CNet HTML5 article: Balanced piece that neither sweeps under the rug nor sensationalizes the differences that we are working through. To me, this is the same as saying, “Nothing to see here folks. Just be sure to step over the dead body on your way out.” I still have not had […]
We just finished the last of the quality control checks on the JavaScript Cookbook, and it is now on its way to the printers. The Table of Contents should be showing soon at the O’Reilly book web site, but I’ll give you a taste of what I covered: The usual suspects, such as String, Date, Math, […]