Sunday, March 11, 2012

Week 9: Reading Notes

1) W3schools HTML5 Tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/html5/default.asp

-HTML5 will be new HTML
-video, audio, and canvas features
-support for local storage: before, everything had cookies, but web storage is more secure and faster
-new forms

-Geolocation could provide geographical location of user if user allows it
-cache application: ability for offline browsing, loading speed, reduced server load

2) HTML5 Introduction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5

-HTML5 is a mix of HTML and XHTML.
-Added video, audio, and canvas elements
-New types of forms: date/time, email, URL, search, etc.

3) W3schools XHTML Tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_xhtml.asp

-cleaner version of HTML
-eXtensible HyperText Markup Language

Important consideration: "Today's market consists of different browser technologies. Some browsers run on computers, and some browsers run on mobile phones or other small devices. Smaller devices often lack the resources or power to interpret a "bad" markup language."

XHTML document contains three main sections:
1. DOCTYPE declaration
2. <head>
3. <body>

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