Yeh I've read it uses some new layout tags and attributes somewhere?
But it appears that it will be possible to phase it in over time, which is great in theory, but the first thing that strikes me is that it will be a pain in the arse to keep up to date. Alright if you do it full time then it will be easier to keep in the loop but for someone like me who's going to uni in september and is just planning to pick up the odd bit of freelance to keep me going, it may be hard to keep up with the new standard as new browsers are released.
I'd imagine that Microsoft will update IE before long to coincide with the release of Windows 7? Then the next generation of operating system will be able to use HTML5 straight away.
However, that still doesn't cater for the average people out there who don't bother updating there system all the time and may still be using IE6.
I don't see the need to change over to HTML5 staight away anyway? CSS3 has some very useful attributes in there (opacity and rounded edged for a start), but is it really worth using them when you can achieve almost the same results with the "accepted standard" for want of a better phrase?
But it appears that it will be possible to phase it in over time, which is great in theory, but the first thing that strikes me is that it will be a pain in the arse to keep up to date. Alright if you do it full time then it will be easier to keep in the loop but for someone like me who's going to uni in september and is just planning to pick up the odd bit of freelance to keep me going, it may be hard to keep up with the new standard as new browsers are released.
I'd imagine that Microsoft will update IE before long to coincide with the release of Windows 7? Then the next generation of operating system will be able to use HTML5 straight away.
However, that still doesn't cater for the average people out there who don't bother updating there system all the time and may still be using IE6.
I don't see the need to change over to HTML5 staight away anyway? CSS3 has some very useful attributes in there (opacity and rounded edged for a start), but is it really worth using them when you can achieve almost the same results with the "accepted standard" for want of a better phrase?