Comments on snippet: 'Recommended HTML5 Beginning Mark-up'

Nettuts said on 25/Jun/2010

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:33:43 UTC

Don't be frightened by the name "HTML5." This will work in all browsers -- and is what you should be using right now.

gillesmaes said on 25/Jun/2010

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:53:07 UTC

I'd recommend using the Google HTML5 javascript and adding the css styling for now, since this will *not* function as it should...

Nettuts said on 25/Jun/2010

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:57:00 UTC

@gillesmaes - How will this not function as it should? Older browsers will fallback accordingly.

gillesmaes said on 25/Jun/2010

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:20:05 UTC

Certain block elements won't show properly when styled. The HTML itself is correct, but then you'll get tons of people wondering why their CSS won't work (assuming you're adding these for educational purposes) :)

Nettuts said on 25/Jun/2010

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:29:16 UTC

Correct - but just because you use an HTML5 doctype does not mean that you have to use the new HTML5 elements. So this code specifically is perfectly fine. But yes, if you start adding the header, footer, section, article, etc. elements, you'll need to do a bit more work for cross-browser compliance.