Not all browsers are equal. Check with this page for a breakdown of how different engines handle HTML5.
A Wikipedia entry serving as a feature comparison between the different JavaScript libraries that make web building easier. Included in the comprehensive listing are entries on how well each library handles basic accessibility and ARIA support.
Written in the public domain and codified in HTML5: Up and Running, Mark Pilgrim breaks down the HTML5 specification and browser support in exquisite detail.
The title is a bit of misnomer as it includes more than HTML5, but the misnomer is the only complaint. The entire HTML5 Boilerplate is a thesis project on how to set up and run an efficient web page template.
When creating a template, it's good to draw on previous work.
Take a look at this survey of common values for id
and class attributes.
This wiki page contains a centralized listing of which browsers support the different parts of HTML5.
A collection of demos put together by JavaScript developer Remy Sharp.
Before there was IE9 or Chrome, the HTML5 Doctor was in explaining the specification, testing what worked and what didn’t. Continuously updated, covering the latest issues facing web designers building with HTML5.
A basic set of HTML and CSS files to code a project with HTML5 for various browsers including older versions of Internet Explorer.
HTML5 Rocks is a playground of HTML5 examples and tutorials produced by Google.
This is the W3’s home of the HTML5 specification.
The act of detecting which browser a site visitor is using is ’90s thinking. In this new millennium, web builders check to see if the feature is present in the browser instead. A JavaScript library allows for checking the availability of HTML5 features like GeoLocation, WebSockets and even CSS3 properties.
When you need to know if a browser supports a feature of HTML5 or not, When Can I Use is one of the easier, if not easiest, references to check.