I found out that the W3C had transitioned the HTML5 attribute @longdesc to Candidate Recommendation (CR) status from a tweet by John Foliot: And now, @longdesc is an official W3C Candidate Recommendation: http://t.co/DZ2wu1mYfc – I believe @shelleypowers owes me a beer 🙂 — John Foliot (@johnfoliot) August 2, 2014 Yes, I believe I do owe […]
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Response to a recent posting in Google+
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. My response to a recent post in Google+ by Ian Hickson: You’re comparing apples to oranges, +Ian Hickson. There’s a world of difference between developing a specific piece of software and creating a specification. In addition, you’re also incorrect with your understanding of the ‘tech lead model’. You may have worked […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Interesting doings this week on the HTML5 video front. Brendan Eich of Mozilla has stated the organization will now provide native support for H.264. In Video, Mobile, and the Open Web (also cross-posted at his personal web site), Eich writes: What I do know for certain is this: H.264 is absolutely required right […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I only check in to the doings of the HTML WG at the W3C once a week. Most of my time is spent on my new book, Learning Node. Frankly, Node has been a refreshing change from the smoky labyrinth which is the HTML5 spec process. I’d check in with the Working […]
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Why read about it when you can play
Earlier today I got into a friendly discussion and debate on Twitter about a new web site called W3Fools. The site bills itself as a “W3Schools intervention”, and the purpose is to wake developers up to the fact that W3School tutorials can, and do, have errors. The problem with a site like W3Fools, I said (using […]