HTML5 today and tomorrow
Tags: Development
Posted by: Becky Bird
I was fortunate to hear a lot of buzz around HTML5 in early 2009 through the various vines of the web knowledge world. At the time I thought that it sounded like a fantastic solution to a lot of problems I was having in my day to day work, but that it was something, like CSS3, which needed to be used with caution. Given the (lack of) support for it, I concentrated my efforts on other aspects of development and shelved my enthusiasm for a time when I could give it a little more attention.
Why won’t your mobile tell the truth?
Posted by: Martin Pim-Keirle
If you've tried resizing your browser window while viewing this blog, or if you've viewed it on a mobile browser as well as a desktop or laptop, you will have noticed that three different layouts are used dependent on how wide the screen is. Although the latest smartphones have screen resolutions that put older laptops to shame, it is nevertheless becoming an absolute necessity that any new site provide a great browsing experience on small screens as well as a full-size monitor. On this site we use Media Queries for those browsers that support them, and JavaScript for Internet Explorer. It's a work in progress, but so far the signs are good that it is providing a more flexible browsing experience. It even looks nice on a Kindle 3!
