In my last column, I discussed HTML5 support for offline storage and caching through the use of LocalStorage and SessionStorage. Continuing with the HTML5 focus, I want to investigate the new ...

HTML5 form field validation also works with numeric input types and with the “required” specification. Suppose we enhanced the above HTML to add an input field with “required” and another input field ...

The HTML5 specification defines the fifth major revision of the core language of the World Wide Web: the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), also known as the lingua franca of the Web. The Web Hypertext ...

When developing web applications, my preference is to use HTML tags rather than JavaScript solutions whenever possible. HTML tags tend to be cleaner and simpler and will often work whether JavaScript ...

In terms of the scope and effort, the HTML5 effort has an earlier historical analogy in the HTML 3.0 spec. Back in April of 1995, the HTML 3.0 spec was drafted as a backwards-compatible way of adding ...

HTML is a living entity. It has been evolving since its creation and will continue to evolve as long as we continue to find new and innovative ways to use the Internet. HTML5 is the latest ...

“This new release of Maxthon 3 allows developers to fully exploit HTML5's web form standards – both by how they design them and how they put the browser to work,” says Jeff Chen, CEO of Maxthon.

The W3C won't finalize the latest iteration of HTML until 2014, but there are plenty of reasons, from better video to cleaner code to improved user interaction, to incorporate HTML5 into current Web ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...