I get a kick out of all this talk about the new draft of HTML5. Wired posted an interesting article about Browser support for HTML5, it give the lead to Opera. Well the truth of the matter is, 'who cares', by the time HTML5 is finalized all Browsers will support it and the bulk of web developers will still be programing in HTML4 and all its addons and server-side services. The only reason I say this is because for the most part, most web users will still be using older browsers in the beginning that either don't fully support all the aspects of HTML5 or any at all. I have flash backs to the reason I quit developing web pages in the first place. When I was learning to develop web pages it was back in 1996/1997, back when HTML4 was released. Back then you not only had to deal with the new tags of HTML4 but also with completely different implementations between browsers and back them it was before Microsoft was playing 'nice' and they had their own set of tags. It was also the same time that Java was growing popularity and the whole write-once-run-anywhere idea was so appealing that the ideal of having to develop static pages with browser dependent tags was just crazy talk in my mind. Thankfully over the years the web has begun to standardize and it has become much easier for developers to reach broader audiences. Anyways... I'm partially diverging from topic.
My bigger question is not for which browsers will be made ready first but more in which developers will be ready first. I can easily see where many of the big names like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and others it that level will be ready, but what about the other what 90% of developers and pages (no the 90% is not factual, but when you think of the size and makeup of the web... the big boys are really just search engines for the rest of us little guys out there). So my guess is by the time the bulk of developers make the move to HTML5, one it will only be after the version is finalized, and two, it will be after the browsers are ready to support it, so ... does it matter who is first? I know to the browser developers it does, but to the users? I personally think what ever browser is considered the safest will be the browser most flock to and stay with.
Anyways... enough random blabbing.... just mostly thoughts in my head that really don't matter. And besides the point... I'm really looking forward to HTML5 and I can't wait till it is finalized. I'm in the process of re-teaching myself web programming, stating with Web-services and AJAX. So my hope is that my self-education keeps in pace with the finalization of HTML5 so that I'm ready as soon as it is released.
HTML 5 Support by Browser: Opera Continues to Lead the Pack | Compiler from Wired.com
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