Firefox 3.5 (Beta) – Support for HTML 5 June 17, 2009
I’m giving Firefox 3.5 a test run on my home rig this evening. I don’t know much about what new features are being introduced with this version (haven’t looked at the release notes yet), but I’m already sold on the update thanks to one feature alone: the introduction of HTML 5 support.
Unfamiliar with HTML 5? No worries – web dev blog A List Apart provides a solid introduction and overview of HTML’s newest iteration. Here’s a snippit:
To give authors more flexibility and interoperability, and enable more interactive and exciting websites and applications, HTML 5 introduces and enhances a wide range of features including form controls, APIs, multimedia, structure, and semantics.
While I’m happy to see support for rich media + expanded application integration, I’m particularly excited about the support for common website elements (header, footer, aside, etc.).
It’s such a simple thing, but damn will it make things easier for collaboration. (No more “what ID did you use for the page header div?” questions, hallelujah!)
Universal support for HTML 5 is still a ways off, but we’re gonna get there eventually.
If you want to take a look at some HTML 5 stuff in action, go download the Firefox 3.5 beta and check out this blog post on HTML5 features from Geek Technica.
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