HTML 5

I am planning to research what is happening with alternatives to flash like html5. Though incomplete it seems pretty straightforward so far. I figure that this will be pretty useful in terms of internet stuff over the next year or two. I think this is at the core of the debate between Apple and Adobe. In the end the non proprietary thing will win I think, at least in terms of performance and quality, and you will be able to make it in a wysiwyg way in dreamweaver and flash anyway.

Here is a link to the first HTML 5 and CSS3 capability add in for Dreamweaver.

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/html5pack/

And this link has code snippets for video and audio in the html 5 format.

http://www.w3schools.com/html5/html5_reference.asp


Just click on the specific tags to get more code and information on how to apply it.

It seems that HTML 5 video, so that no plug in like flash is required will be well supported before too long, with options for it already in vimeo for example.

I understand that not all browsers have much support for the basics of html 5 yet. Still I think it is worth working towards where things are going rather than where they have been. Otherwise it is a matter of learning things that are obsolete before I have chance to work with them in a year or two.

It seems from this comparison that it is primarily internet explorer that is the prime problem (as usual).

http://caniuse.com/


Bernard

CSS

The advantages to using CSS include:

That once set up it saves an enormous amount of time.

It means that, especially on a large site, the template can be designed so that there is no need to redo the styles for every page.

When page styles need to be edited or even just experimented with, various options can be tested very quickly.

With CSS templates site style and layout elements can be altered according to the template's capacity/design. It doesn't change the information content.

By customising the CSS all the design elements and layout of a site can be altered. It doesn't change the information content.

Accessibility is important because it enables people who have disabilities, particularly with sight to modify the information so that they can access it.

I customised the CSS on links within this site.

A good reference for CSS can be found at:

http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp