I guess little if any changes will need to be made to swfobject for html5

   - swfobject is js referanced by the page
   - html5 still has ids - swfobject will still be able to use ids in the
   same way to replace content just as it currently does

I could well be wrong

2009/1/23 philip <[email protected]>

>
> Hey Bobby and Geoff
>
> Was just wondering what the plans are for handling HTML 5 now that
> some bleeding-edge developers are starting to use it.
>
> HTML 5 sites:
>
> * An Event Apart (by Meyer & Zeldman http://aneventapart.com/)
> * UX London (http://uxlondon.com/)
> * Bruce Lawson (http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/)
> * Anne van Kesteren (http://annevankesteren.nl/2009/01/moving-the-
> goalposts)
> * Sam Ruby (http://intertwingly.net/blog/)
> * and others
>
> (Links to more HTML 5 sites can be found at http://ishtml5readyyet.com/
> and in Jeremy Keith's blog http://adactio.com/journal/1540)
>
> How will HTML 5 affect SWFObject?  I'm not really sure yet. One
> observation I'd like to point out is that Anne's HTML 5 site has no
> <head> or <body> elements.  Is this valid HTML 5?  Doesn't appear to
> be (http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/
> semantics.html<http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/semantics.html>
> ).
>
> But if it is, it will break SWFObject's createCSS method, which relies
> on a <head> element.
>
> I'm wondering what other aspects of the script might be affected, such
> as valid attributes for <object> and how the domready event could be
> affected.
>
> I know it's hard to develop a solid JS library like SWFObject for a
> specification that isn't even official yet, but if people are starting
> to use HTML 5 in the real world, maybe we should look at supporting it
> sooner rather than later.
>
> Looking forward to the conversation.  :)
> - philip
> >
>

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