HTML5 is the successor to HTML 4.01, the language most web pages on the Internet are written in. HTML5 offers new semantic elements, direct support for video and audio, built-in form validation and a smart new canvas feature. In this article I’ll attempt to explain what’s important about HTML5 and what you need to know [...]

I’ve been looking at the HTML5 specification a lot recently and intend to use parts of the specification in my upcoming website redesign. I’ve consolidated a lot of the research on the subject I’ve done into an HTML5 feature for MacUser magazine (it will be in issue 25/25).