RE: Question about HTML5 and how it is implemented worldwide

Davis / T.J. - 

 

Thank you for those answers ... For some reason, I was looking at it in
a really confusing way - way too broad of a spectrum.  

If I am understanding right, you are simply modifying a 'document' per
se according to the standards which have been set down

(within the HTML framework) - then implementation depends on the
specific browser language.  

 

Another quick question - who makes/made the 'standards'?  And can they
be changed or updated? 

I would assume so as computers are changing by the second it seems ...


 

Thanks again.  And thank you for your efforts to make the web a more
fantastic place to roam.  

 

Regards, 

 

Derek

 

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From: Davis Peixoto [mailto:davis.peixoto@gmail.com] 
Sent: Donnerstag, 18. November 2010 18:50
To: T.J. Crowder
Cc: Brown Derek; public-html-comments@w3.org
Subject: Re: Question about HTML5 and how it is implemented worldwide

 

Derek,

 

for clarifying reasons I will use a few dummy examples. Hope you enjoy.
Seasoned guys, don't take it so harsh.

 

HTML is a standard for writing documents that can be shared over
internet. Now, keep in mind that compatibility is a two sides matter.

 

First, we need applications using those standards and technologies. I
mean, we need sites written making use of those tags and interfaces.
This is a web developers duty. You can make your part here.

 

This isn't complicate. You implement what you need, based on what
standards allows you to. Period.

 

The complicate part is the another side: support from who makes
browsers. Google, Opera, Mozilla, Microsoft, Apple, Nokia... You can use
new tags and interfaces (program with javascript/dom to add cool drag
and drop effects, dynamic drawing with canvas, use localStorage... ) but
not every browser can recognize, render and display everything as you
want.

 

Go further. Not everyone use the same machine configuration, nor the
same browser. One person would like to use IE8 upon Windows7, another
person would use IE6 upon a Windows XP, and a third would browse using
Safari Mobile on his iPhone4.

 

That is the major problem from universe.

 

Even if all people use the latest version of their preferred browser,
note that browser vendors implement the standards they judge more
important first, and let one or another feature for future releases
(perhaps the future decade).

 

And based on what is used/needed according to the current status of web
development, sometimes there are extensions over the current standard,
putting more things web developers and browser vendor need/want/desire.

 

It's a circle. The solution? Best practices and more best practices.
Google for "javascript feature detection". That's is a good point to
start.

 

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:43 PM, T.J. Crowder <tj@crowdersoftware.com>
wrote:

Hello Derek,

 

HTML5 is a specification, or a set of specifications, depending on your
viewpoint. It is not an implementation.

 

The specifications will be ( / are being / have been to some extent)
implemented by vendors. In this case, the vendors will be folks
providing web browsers, so we're talking about Google, Microsoft,
Mozilla, Opera, Apple, etc., etc. Some parts of HTML5 "merely"
standardize things that the vendors have already done; other parts of
HTML5 are new and will need to be implemented.The extent to which
aspects of HTML5 are actually implemented will vary by vendor.The good
news is that the the vendors creating browsers are actively involved in
the specification effort, which is a big change from some years ago.

 

So answering your question: The W3C and the HTML5 working group
don't/won't actually create implementations at all (although some of the
people participating may alsowork for a vendor and may implement things
for that vendor), vendors will/do.

 

I hope that clarifies things a bit.

 

Best,

--

T.J. Crowder

Independent Software Engineer

www / crowdersoftware / com

tj / crowdersoftware / com





On 18 November 2010 14:16, Brown Derek <Derek.Brown@gps.eni.it> wrote:

Good Afternoon 

A colleague of mine and I were wondering how you implement these HTML 5
changes across the world so everyone

can benefit from the changes you think of? 

So, we have HTML v.1 and you can make borders and tables and fun stuff
insert pictures and such. But then

you decide that you want to drag and drop photos into websites here
comes v.5. I can imagine you writing code

on your computer and them making your personal computer do this magic
but HOW the heck do you write the 

general worldwide language and make it so everyone across the universe
can use it? 

Fascinating. 

I would perceive the answer being relatively simple, but at this point,
my knowledge base is extremely minimal. 

I am still fighting with v.1 so to speak. 

Thanks for your answer and all your work.

Regards, 

Derek

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