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W3C Makes It Easier for You to Define Standards.

Maureen Griffith — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:58:11 +0000

Those developers who want to come up with new Internet standards now have a forum to help them do so. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) wants to make it easier for developers and others to define Web standards. Currently this is done by creating the standard and then presenting it through a W3C working group. Web standards are commonly used by professional designers to plan projects.

W3C now wants to launch developer community groups that will give them coaching and the W3C infrastructure to create standards that could eventually be used across the entire Web.

The consortium believes this could eliminate the groups that create their own individual standards that are not compatible with each other. W3C wants standards to be royalty free. Right now the W3C is working on standards for HTML5, device APIs, privacy and security standards, and more.

Do you have any ideas you would like to run by W3C for Internet standards? Now’s the time.

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A Quick Glance at HTML5

Chris Branding — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:18:45 +0000

Building upon “How HTML5 will change the Web,” Peter Wayner of InfoWorld continues to expand upon HTML5 features throughout his most recent series of articles. The series highlights four areas of the HTML5 standard technologies that most, if not all, modern browsers are supporting in some capacity. The article takes an in-depth look at topics that include: enabling a more interactive graphic interface by using video, audio and canvas tags; local file storage; web page data communications; and HTML forms that allow for more control over data. Some of these features will eliminate/reduce the use of plug-ins, while others will let you store data offline so that you may continue to work without an internet connection. It also offers opportunities to utilize geo-location based applications, which you can already see being used in the mobile world.

HTML5 is evolving into a cohesive standard which is making it easier to work with and giving more development opportunities to a greater population. I definitely think that the HTML5 standard will provide a more robust web experience to the end user, particularly in a mobile environment. What are your thoughts on HTML5? What do you think its impact on the web will be? How do you see it affecting development?

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The Future of Web Design: It’s All in the Details.

webmaster — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:04:24 +0000

The 2009 Future of Web Design (FOWD) conference, held November 16 and 17 in New York, offered a great, once-a-year opportunity to learn about the biggest web design trends, with a unique look at what we will be able to do in the future when programming websites and web apps.

Among the new ideas and technologies up for debate at this year’s FOWD, I personally find it exciting that advancements underway in HTML5 and CSS3 will improve usability for consumers on the Internet. These advancements will also help small businesses as well as designers provide a better service for our customers. It will also make the interaction between designers and developers easier due to the built-in UI features in the browsers.

One of the best changes coming in HTML5 and CSS3 is browser verification. Instead of writing code to verify that a customer fills out a form properly, the browser performs this automatically. This allows for cleaner code and makes your website load faster. You can even set up patterns to ensure the correct responses; for example, use “xxx-xxx-xxxx” if you want a customer to provide a phone number. This lets browser know what needs to be completed in the form for verification purposes.

CSS3 contains an option to add an ‘alpha transparency’ this is known as RGBA. This allows you to set solid color blocks as transparent so you can see the image or background behind the color block. Use of the alpha transparency will also cut down on page-load time since it won’t be loading more images. This will also allow a company to design progressively for browsers that allow RGBA and still give an adequate experience to browsers that don’t allow the alpha transparency.

These are just two of the many great features coming to the web design and web applications as part of CSS3 and HTML5 in the next couple of years. More information on the HTML5 and CSS3 movement can be found on Carsonified’s blog, the Vitamin The qualities and tags to be included with these tools are still up for debate, and some are not supported in all browsers yet. Any specific features or enhancements you’re looking for in HTML5 or CSS3? Feel free to comment or expand on them below.

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