Table of contents
Foreword
Chapter 1 From the beginning to now
1.1 Introduction
1.2 mime type
1.3 A long digression: How is a standard born?
1.4 The uninterrupted route
1.5 HTML development history: from 1997 to 2004
1.6 Everything you know about xhtml is wrong
1.7 A competitive vision
1.8 What working group?
1.9 Return to w3c
1.10 Postscript
1.11 Extended reading
Chapter 2 HTML5 Feature Detection
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Detection technology
2.3 modernizr: an html5 feature detection library
2.4 Canvas
2.5 Canvas text
2.6 Video
2.7 Video format
2.8 Local storage
2.9 web workers
2.10 Offline web application
2.11 Geographical location
2.12 Input box type
2.13 Placeholder text
2.14 Form auto-focus
2.15 Microdata
2.16 Extended reading
Chapter 3 The meaning of it all
Chapter 4 Canvas Drawing
Chapter 5 Videos on the Internet
Chapter 6 Geographical location
Chapter 7 The past, present and future of local storage for web applications
Chapter 8 Offline web application
Chapter 9 Crazy Form
Chapter 10 “Distribution”, “Scalability” and other fancy words
Appendix a: Comprehensive Characteristics Testing Guide