Welcome to Pixelsilk's HTML 5 page!
Because you have FULL CONTROL of the HTML in Pixelsilk, you can choose to write in HTML 5. This page is using the <!DOCTYPE html>, <header>, <nav>, <article>, and <footer> tags all new in HTML 5. For media this page is also making use of the new <video> and <audio> tags. We are also doing some 2D drawing with the <canvas> tag. Note: Pixelsilk already supports this natively! We didn't have to modify our source code and we didn't have to install a plug-in.Though the HTML 5 spec isn't completed yet, some of the browser versions are already beginning to render HTML 5 and take advantage of the new tags. As of the publishing of this page, the current browser versions that have at least limited support of HTML 5 are...
Firefox 3.5+
Safari 4.0+
Opera Experimental Build
Google Chrome 3+
WebKit Nightly Build
The <video> tag can be play movies without having to have popular player plugins like Flash, Windows Media Player, Quicktime, or RealPlayer.
Audio Example
The <audio> tag can be play audio without having to have popular player plugins like Flash, Windows Media Player, Quicktime, or RealPlayer.
Canvas Example
The <canvas> tag can be used to draw and move shapes. It enables dynamic visual content without having to use a 3rd party player like Flash. The below squares were drawn using commands available in the canvas API.
Other Resources
Below are some links to some other interesting articles and samples concerning HTML5.
Canvas
http://modern-carpentry.com/workshop/html5/waveform/
http://www.chromeexperiments.com/detail/browser-ball/
Input Tags
http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2009/html-5-elements-test/
This isn't exactly HTML 5 related, but it's a good resource to be familiar with. Did you know you can have non-web-friendly fonts on your site without using Flash or images?
http://www.zenelements.co.uk/blog/css3-embed-font-face/
