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Google Introduces HTML 5.1 Tag To Chrome

Posted by timothy on from the tagging-wars-ensue dept.

darthcamaro (735685) writes "Forget about HTML5, that's already passe — Google is already moving on to HTML5.1 support for the upcoming Chrome 38 release. Currently only a beta, one of the biggest things that web developers will notice is the use of the new "picture" tag which is a container for multiple image sizes/formats. Bottom line is it's a new way to think about the "IMG" tag that has existed since the first HTML spec."

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  1. Re:cool by x0ra · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, why did you move to a modern multi GB / GHz / TB / Gbps machine, "oughtn't 640K to be enough for anybody ?"

  2. Re:In addition ... by plover · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... the use of the new "picture" tag which is a container for multiple image sizes/formats ...

    ... I hear each one can take the place of a 1000 words.

    ... and it will only require 50,000 words in which to send it.

    --
    John
  3. It's about time for a code upgrade by Art3x · · Score: 3, Funny

    Last night I finally started reading an old book, HTML: The Definitive Guide, 3rd. ed., published in 1998. "HTML is a young language, barely five years old," it begins, "but already in its fourth interation. Don't be surprised if another version appears before you finish reading this book."

    I smiled to myself. If only he had known that HTML 4 would stay with us for eleven years, and that when 5 came out, they said they wouldn't update the version numbers anymore.

    But the book was right: another version came out before I finished it.