This article, was redundant to me in that I’d already done the readings and it didn’t give me any new information, it just stuck it in my head a little more what it’s all about.
But after doing all the readings, I still can’t decide if I like HTML 5 or not, so I’m making a pro’s and con’s list.
Pro’s
- being able to use more than the 6 headings available
- header, footer, nav, aside, section and article tags
- the audio and video embedding and the poster and control attributes
- the small tag for legal text
- (if I understood more) canvas
- mark, time, meter and progress tags
- Shortening DOCTYPE – browsers support features, not doctypes
- Boolean computer logic – 1 or 0, true or false – it’s either there or it isn’t
- can wrap multiple elements in the <a> tag
Con’s
- makes coders LAZY, not having to worry about case sensitivity, quote marks, closing tags
- it’s loose and casual – anything goes
- the loop and autoplay attributes for audio and video – how annoying
- can wrap multiple elements in the <a> tag
Now I know that I have more pro’s than con’s, but the fact that HTML5 is just so lazy is a big doozey for me. I like when I can read through someone else’s HTML mark-up and it’s understandable. I feel like with HTML5 people are just going to be all over the place. Also the being able to wrap multiple elements in the <a> tag, I’m not sure if I do like it or I don’t. It’s lazy and could be hard to understand.
I guess I’m just going to have to have a crack at it myself to see if I actually like it or not..