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Finally We Get New Elements In HTML 5

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the not-so-patiently-waiting dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Pure HTML enhancements hardly grew at all in the last eight years. Forward motion basically stopped in 1999 with HTML 4. Now the future looks bright. Recently, HTML has come back to life with HTML 5. Tons of new elements will be available for structure (article, nav, section, etc.), block semantic elements (aside, figure, dialog), and several other functions."

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  1. Oh noes! by HitekHobo · · Score: 3, Funny

    And here I was thinking that solved all of my web design problems. Now I might have to learn a second type of tag!

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  2. Oh great... by Bazman · · Score: 4, Funny

    More things for IE to not support properly.

    1. Re:Oh great... by Praedon · · Score: 4, Funny

      Somebody set us up the HTML 5
      What?
      We get new tags
      Firefox Turn On
      It's new!
      How are you gentlemen? All your tags are supported by us

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    2. Re:Oh great... by Bazman · · Score: 2, Funny

      Didn't you guys read the article? This should be in tags...

      You have no chance to survive make your <time datetime="2007-04-23T17:35:00-05:00">time</time>

      Perhaps HTML5 is designed for the AYB retro nostalgia happening any day now...

  3. How about a Declarations area? by WED+Fan · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd like to see an ability to use a <Declaration> area, then you can use inline (Declare @xxx) or linked (Imports xxx.x) definitions and such.

    Just an idea.

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  4. I'll tell you why... by Orig_Club_Soda · · Score: 2, Funny

    Its because everyone is hyping CSS and its practically terrorism to use HTML.

    1. Re:I'll tell you why... by AKAImBatman · · Score: 2, Funny

      You know, moderations like this are the great mystery of Slashdot. Why is the above post modded Flamebait? Is it not acceptable to be sarcastic to one's own self? If so, why should being sarcastic to one's self involve starting a flamewar? What would be the responses? Somehow, "JSON can indeed be styled with CSS, but you were being sarcastic so off with 'yer head!" doesn't strike me as a realistic scenario.

      Maybe it's grumpy moderator day. Um... happy grumpy moderator day? =D =D =D

      (Wait, if it's grumpy moderator day, should I really be wishing them a happy day? My head hurts.)

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  5. Web 1.0 by Applekid · · Score: 2, Funny
    TFA:

    This new version of HTML--usually called HTML 5, although it also goes under the name Web Applications 1.0--would be instantly recognizable to a Web designer frozen in ice in 1999 and thawed today. If you were like me with all the talk about Web 2.0, what happened to Web 1.0, well, here it is. Neat, kind of like Merlyn aging backwards.

    I'm looking forward to Web RC1 in the next 5 years.
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  6. Up to now, new HTML elements... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...had to be created in an expensive particle accelerator and often decayed before you could hit refresh.

  7. Still no <bgsound tune, repeat> ? ;-) by D4C5CE · · Score: 4, Funny

    The tag the world's been waiting for since 1994...
    repeat:byte; 0 = ad nauseam
    With MOD support - of course!

  8. The most greatly wanted tag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    And, of course, the addition of the long overdue

    <dupe>http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?si d=07/07/20/1226235</dupe>
    tag.
    1. Re:The most greatly wanted tag by the_womble · · Score: 4, Funny

      actually the most wanted tag is the irony tag.
      The problem is that most people on /. will not understand how to use it.
  9. Re:Excellent! by Conspiracy_Of_Doves · · Score: 5, Funny

    The whole point of a semantic tag is that it is machine parsable. A script that is interpreting the page will know what parts of the page is the article, which parts are the navigation, which parts are the advertisements, and so on.

    Actually, they need to put in an <ad> tag.

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  10. Announcing by Bluesman · · Score: 5, Funny

    The BRAND NEW HTML 5!

    Almost as good as TeX!

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    1. Re:Announcing by PipianJ · · Score: 2, Funny

      Now if W3C gets around to implementing the &tex; entity, I think we'll be all set.

  11. Re:Excellent! by corsec67 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently slashdot got rid of it for you...

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  12. I'm in the money! by El_Smack · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sweet! Can I get my $80K a year job back doing HTML for a dotcom?
    It's 1999 all over again, baby!

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  13. permablink? by jdunlevy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I sure hope one of the new elements is finally permablink!

  14. The <BLINK> Tag by sjaguar · · Score: 2, Funny

    As long as the tag is left in, I'm good.

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  15. need more tags by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 4, Funny

    </> close previous open tag
    <//> close all open tags
    </fix> instantly fix everything that is wrong with the site
    <beer> because I need one, preferably a one of class="cold"

  16. How about by sherriw · · Score: 2, Funny

    -A height attribute that actually works?
    -Looping
    -Smarter Form controls
    -Eliminate the need for putting a space in empty table cells.
    - ???
    - Profit!

  17. Re:what happened to xhtml? by sootman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Screw all this. I'm gonna start my own working group... with blackjack and hookers! In fact, forget the working group.
    - That, of course, would belong in the much anticipated <bender> tag.

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  18. Re:Excellent! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    What does a screen reader on Viagra sound like?

  19. Re:So... by HitekHobo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yup. Laziness will getcha

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  20. Re:Excellent! by kennygraham · · Score: 4, Funny

    Barry White + Stephen Hawking