W3C Announces Plan to Make HTML5 Standard By 2014

[exfileme]

HTML5 should become a standard by 2014 thanks to plan proposed by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C).

W3C Announces Plan to Make HTML5 Standard By 2014 : Read more

 

[dameon51]

I don't make web standards often...

(-_-)

...but when I do, I take years longer than I should need.

 

[phatboe]

Have they figured out what video/audio codecs they will support?

 

[aftcomet]

[citation][nom]phatboe[/nom]Have they figured out what video/audio codecs they will support?[/citation]

Hopefully AVC!

 

[tenshin111]

[citation][nom]phatboe[/nom]Have they figured out what video/audio codecs they will support?[/citation]
What do you mean by 'they'? The standard does not promote any codecs - it is up to browser makers to add specific codec support. These days it is WebM, Theora and MP4-AVC(H.264) but different browsers support different ones:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video

 

[Vorador2]

[citation][nom]tenshin111[/nom]What do you mean by 'they'? The standard does not promote any codecs - it is up to browser makers to add specific codec support. These days it is WebM, Theora and MP4-AVC(H.264) but different browsers support different ones:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video[/citation]

And that's why the standard is still incomplete.

 

[tenshin111]

[citation][nom]Vorador2[/nom]And that's why the standard is still incomplete.[/citation]

No, this is not the issue. HTML 5 defines semantics for the element and it's expected behaviour - not the actual implementation. It is up to browser manufacturers to choose specific codecs and use them.

 

[Zingam_Duo]

Why is it so difficult to center an element on the page still?
Why is everything so inconsistent yet?

It looks like total patchwork...

 

[brucek2]

[citation][nom]tenshin111[/nom]No, this is not the issue. HTML 5 defines semantics for the element and it's expected behaviour - not the actual implementation. It is up to browser manufacturers to choose specific codecs and use them.[/citation]
Your statement is accurate but I don't understand how you feel its not an issue. It means that no content provider can reach more than a fragment of the web audience using a single encoding format. Yes, they have the unattractive option of encoding everything in multiple formats, but between that huge drawback and other omissions, the end result is that we're right back where we started: the best way to serve video is going to be using something other than HTML standards. In the end, they failed to define a standard for web video, there is not likely to be one for some time, and to everyone's loss (except perhaps the rights holders looking to further monetize those patents.)

 

[cookoy]

The gradual release of stable features and modular approach should mitigate the world-wide wait. Looks like 2014 will be the year XP and Flash finally retire.

 

[Northwestern]

There are still websites that are IE only back during the Internet Explorer vs Netscape era.

 

[ravewulf]

[citation][nom]Zingam_Duo[/nom]Why is it so difficult to center an element on the page still?Why is everything so inconsistent yet?It looks like total patchwork...[/citation]
That's a CSS problem, not HTML.
HTML5 is a whole lot nicer to work with than previous versions.