In part 1 of this article, we analyzed the technical problems facing HTML5. In part 2, we’re going to discuss the problems facing HTML5 commercially. Unity: Microsoft, Google and Apple are clearky the 3 giants of the industry at the moment, and it’s really hard to unify them under a single standard. “Go, go, go! Fire in the hole!” As Apple declares war on Flash, Microsoft seems willing to watch the fire from the other side of the river. As [...]

Nowadays, HTML5 is like a shining star in the webs sky. However, is HTML5 ready to take the overall crown? From 2 aspects, we are going to discuss what else HTML5 needs to defeat Flash. Technically: First of all, I’d like to emphasize that HTML5 and Flash don’t have many overlapping functions. For example, you can invoke hardware like cameras through Flash; but not HTML5. However, the elements imported by HTML5 do bring some serious competition to Flash. The most [...]

In this tutorial, I’ll teach you how to adapt a simple HTML blog layout into a WordPress theme. We’ll be using this static page as starting point.

This article explores some of the new HTML5 form features and how it has greatly improved text inputs, search boxes and other form fields by providing better and cleaner controls for validating data allowing you to build complicated forms with far less code and even less bemusement. Accompany all of this with some fantastic CSS3 properties and you are able to create stylish and highly-usable forms that go way beyond anything plain ol’ HTML and CSS2 could ever muster. This [...]

HTML5 is an effective language for web developers and designers to use to structure and present content on the web. It’s increasingly used more and more, whether to make websites more functional and user-friendly, deliver video faster, or build desktop-level web apps. No doubt you want to jump in and join the fun. But where to start, you might ask? Or you could be looking for some resources and tools while developing and designing with HTML5, perhaps? Well, today’s your [...]

We have another amazing freebie for you today — a completely free single-page HTML5 portfolio template and all of the accompanying PSDs. It has been jointly designed by Hannah Milan & Joefrey Mahusay and is a beautifully crafted template perfect for any creative designer as a means of displaying their portfolio. This template is also a great exercise in practical and semantic HTML5, it is well worth downloading, dissecting and experimenting with the code. Free Single-Page HTML5 Portfolio Template Click [...]

The best designers never stop learning. Only the mediocre ones think they know it all, that there’s nothing else to learn. But you don’t don’t want to be a mediocre designer, do you? That’s right – you want to be a great designer. One that’s always hungry to learn a new technique to make your first web and visual design project slick, cool, user-friendly, and just plain awesome. There is only thing holding you back – How to do it [...]

For years the web has been a static development block for housing information. It hasn’t been up until recently that micro-format designs have been released into the semantic web. These allow developers to contextually describe page elements for better representation of what the information holds. Most of the tips below are useful for those still building their introduction into HTML microformats. Some are more common than others but the concept of contextual-based attributes isn’t a difficult one to grasp. Basic [...]

With all the talk of Cloud computing at the moment and after reading a short article on Dzones blog a few months back that questioned whether or not It Was the Right Time for Web-Based IDEs? (it was a split poll), we were inspired enough to venture out and find out what web based IDEs (integrated development environment) are available and which actually are the best. The results were a little bit surprising. What we found was literally hundreds upon [...]