WebPlatform Docs
Phil Nelson A new initiative from the W3C:
Web Platform Docs is a new community-driven site that aims to become a comprehensive and authoritative source for web developer documentation.
iBooks and ePub
Liza Daly takes a look at how iBooks does and doesn’t adhere to the ePub specification. With actual code samples and examples of “broken” files.
HTML WG Working Drafts Have Been Published
The list includes HTML5, HTML+RDFa, HTML Microdata, HTML Canvas 2D Context, HTML5 Differences from HTML4 and HTML: The Markup Language.
Jeffrey Zeldman on Flash, the iPad, and Standards
You can always count on Zeldman to say things like
As the percentage of web users on non-Flash-capable platforms grows, developers who currently create Flash experiences with no fallbacks will have to rethink their strategy and start with the basics before adding a Flash layer. They will need to ensure that content and experience are delivered with or without Flash.
But it’s still good to have him say them.
Misunderstanding markup
Jeremy Keith explains some of the problems of perception in the recent XHTML2/HTML5 showdown. If you’ve been confused thus-far, let this be your panacea.
Dave Shea on Why He’s Backing HTML5
The points he makes are good ones, and I agree with most of them. The comments are pretty lively on this one, but seem civilized.