good places to start with HTML5 are: HTML: The Markup Language http://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/
HTML5 (Edition for Web Authors) http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/ regards stevef On 17 August 2010 16:18, Jason Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > A good starting point is the spec itself I would say. > You shouldn't be going far off with reading the spec or at least skimming > through it. > I think W3C now has the 'human optimised' version of the spec and not just > the browser vendor 900+ page and growing version only. > Cheers, > Jason > > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:12 PM, David Storey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 17 Aug 2010, at 16:49, jeffrey morin wrote: >> >> Does anyone have an opinion on whether the book, HTML5 FOR WEB DESIGNERS >> by Jeremy Keith is worth the purchase? I want to learn more about HTML5 but >> am turned off by the shameless promotion they've done for this book. Does >> anyone have any suggestions on other books or if this is worth it? >> >> >> Depends what you want it for. I've not read it, but I heard it was a good >> primer to introduce you to the topic. It is a fairly short book, so doesn't >> go indepth. >> >> There is another book, "Introducing HTML5" - introducinghtml5.com - which >> is more indepth. It covers the semantics and such in the first half and the >> JS APIs, Cavas and such in the second half. I've just started reading this, >> but it is by all accounts a good book. A disclaimer is that I work with one >> of the authors at Opera. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Jeff >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: [email protected] >> ******************************************************************* >> >> >> David Storey >> >> Chief Web Opener / Product Manager, Opera Dragonfly >> W3C WG: Mobile Web Best Practices / SVG Interest Group >> >> Opera Software ASA, Oslo, Norway >> Mobile: +47 94 22 02 32 / E-Mail/XMPP: [email protected] / Twitter: >> dstorey >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: [email protected] >> ******************************************************************* >> > > > > -- > Jason Grant BSc, MSc > CEO, Flexewebs Ltd. > www.flexewebs.com > [email protected] > +44 (0)7748 591 770 > Company no.: 5587469 > > www.flexewebs.com/semantix > www.twitter.com/flexewebs > www.linkedin.com/in/flexewebs > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [email protected] > ******************************************************************* > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG Europe Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org Web Accessibility Toolbar - http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] *******************************************************************
