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W3C Set To Publish HTML 5.1, Work Already Started On HTML 5.2 (softpedia.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the new-and-improved dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Softpedia: Members of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) are getting ready to launch the HTML 5.1 specification and have already started work on the upcoming HTML 5.2 version since mid-August. The HTML 5.1 standard has been promoted from a "Release Candidate" to a "Proposed Recommendation," the last step before it becomes a "W3C Recommendation," and officially replaces HTML 5 as the current HTML standard. As a Proposed Recommendation, HTML 5.1 is practically locked against major changes, and outside small tweaks here and there, we are currently looking at a 99.99 percent version of the upcoming HTML 5.1 standard. The vote to promote HTML 5.1 from RC to PR was approved in unanimity, a clear sign that major browser makers have reached a general consensus on what the standard should look like, and what they should be implementing in their browsers in upcoming versions. You can read more on HTML 5.1 here, the changes and support table here, and the HTML 5.2 specification draft here.

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  1. Fuck the spec by Snotnose · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wanna know how to reliably turn off auto-play video/audio under the current version of chrome and html5. Yeah, I've googled it and set the settings. The settings are routinely ignored.

    I don't know anyone who likes autoplay video/audio, which is why the marketers love it so much. Fuck them all, poke their eye out and fuck them in the skull.

    Html5 is making me miss flash, something I never thought would happen.